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Example sentences for "allow"

Lexicographically close words:
allotments; allotropic; allots; allotted; allotting; allowable; allowably; allowance; allowances; allowe
  1. They will live in a healthy district, but will definitely allow themselves to be bitten by mosquitoes which are known to be infected.

  2. These several departments mutually support and reinforce each other, and allow a specialization of the instruction which would be impossible in a smaller college with a less numerous staff of instructors.

  3. The telegram arrived just in time to allow me to catch the 1:25 p.

  4. Then, if Mrs. Forbes needs your presence, perhaps you will allow me to telephone to your father, as he will be greatly disturbed when he returns home and learns the cause of your journey.

  5. Overhaul the fellow we could not, until on the outskirts of St. Albans, when he deliberately slowed up, as though to allow us to pass.

  6. It was enough, however, to allow Diamond to see that North Wind stood beside him.

  7. I saw the bough torn from the stem, and that was all the twilight would allow me to see.

  8. Miss Martineau proceeds to remark in the strongest and plainest terms on the unbecoming effect of full dress, with "hair drawn to the top of the head, to allow the putting on of the coronet" on these venerable matrons.

  9. I told him it was a great sacrifice on his part, but he would not allow it.

  10. And listen: "Never, during those years of patient endeavor, did Miss Sullivan allow Helen Keller to receive a wrong impression of things about her.

  11. Ofttimes he will not drink a drop himself or allow any of his employes to touch liquor.

  12. It is an absolute fact,' added the fruit man, 'that if we allow these unnecessary leaves and branches to stay on the tree they absorb the life and strength which must go into the fruit if we are to raise fruit for which there is a market.

  13. If we are to bear much fruit, we must trim off the useless things and allow the bright sunshine of His approval and guidance to come into our lives.

  14. To every one of you boys, I am going to say that success in life cannot come to you in its fulness if you ever allow yourselves to get this deadly habit.

  15. If time will allow of the singing of a verse of 'The Old Oaken Bucket,' the innovation will prove a pleasing touch.

  16. Boys, may we plead with you today never to allow this thing to enter your life to keep you from being all that God wants you to be?

  17. But ofttimes we find that parents do not know about this or else they try to please their children, for they frequently allow them to eat and drink the forbidden things.

  18. You have a malady which you ought to allow me to treat," said Bianchon in a tone of deep emotion.

  19. Allow me to have the honor of giving you my arm.

  20. Rather would he believe that his wife's choice had been overruled by the tradesmen than allow himself to own the truth.

  21. Does a man of our rank ever allow his wife to be in his way?

  22. He was not one of those fortunate schoolmasters who do not allow their profession to engage their affections.

  23. Tony, allow me to present you to your room-mate, Mr. Reginald Carter Westover Carroll, of Virginia.

  24. They are connected by a bridge, the central part of which can be swung open, to allow of the passing and repassing of ships.

  25. Another advantage which these smaller towns possess is the freedom from restraint in which they allow their patrons to indulge.

  26. The Hellenes, though they did not always allow it, were undoubtedly of his race.

  27. The Abbe [395]Banier with some phlegm excepts to this coalition of nights; and is unwilling to allow it.

  28. But some will not allow him this honour; but say, that the dog of Hercules was the discoverer.

  29. Megasthenes, who wrote of India, would not allow that Semiramis was ever in those [922]parts.

  30. Having thus prevailed upon the raja to pledge his word of honour, she said, "Do not allow your eldest son, Sit, to remain any longer in the palace.

  31. The next day the tiger appeared, and Ulta's mother told him to get into the bag, and allow her to tie it.

  32. He will not allow you to lay a finger on me.

  33. Then Lelha said, "Stand by, and allow me to try.

  34. Seeing Jhore had spoiled their game, they said to him, "We will not allow you to go with us again.

  35. Not being able to do so, they said, "Well, we will allow you to accompany us this once.

  36. But he replied, "I shall not go, unless you allow me to take them with me.

  37. As they were blocking the way he ordered them to stand aside and allow him to pass, but they gave no heed to what he said.

  38. Jhore seeing it was a paroquet brought it food, and induced it to come down, and allow him to take it in his hand.

  39. King Huntsman being angry said, "Clear the way, and allow me to pass, or else I shall send an arrow into you.

  40. She would scarcely allow them to leave her, and the afternoon had advanced before father and son found themselves on their way back to the sacristan's house.

  41. And here, in spite of his impatience, Bassett was forced to spend a week, Friar Luke altogether refusing to allow his patient to leave the room until the cough and pain in his side were subdued.

  42. At any rate, you will allow me to go with you to the railway station, and do my last office as courier in getting you your ticket and placing you in the carriage.

  43. He dreamed of her all night, and wakened up the next morning to a calculation of how far his income would allow him to furnish his pretty new parsonage with that crowning blessing, a wife.

  44. The time of his departure from East Chester became a great blank in her life, although she would never accept, or allow Miss Monro to accept, his repeated invitations to go and pay him a visit at his country- place.

  45. It was very hard work for Ellinor to do her duty as a guest, and to allow herself to be interested and talked to on local affairs by her host and hostess.

  46. In spite of being glad that "things were not in her hands" Miss Monro tried to take affairs into her charge by doing all she could to persuade Ellinor to allow her to invite the canon to their "little sociable teas.

  47. I will not allow you to characterise as folly what might be presumptuous on my part--I had no business to express myself so soon--but which in its foundation was true and sincere.

  48. He held it fast, and said to her with a twinkle in his eye-- "Allow me to receive my congratulations.

  49. You must have seen the board; we ain't going to allow any trespassers here.

  50. That boy you see building a bridge is very eager and earnest, but his clothes will be too travel-stained and dusty to allow him to enter the gates when he gets there.

  51. The land might be at peace and in law for us, did they allow us to enjoy the blessings of peaceful law.

  52. But you will allow their exterior appearance is not so peculiarly interesting to the uninformed spectator as that of a fine painting.

  53. I was so silly as to feel a little disconcerted at the unassuming account which he chose to give of us; but I recollected my promise to be silent, and allow the Bailie to manage the matter his own way.

  54. Owen groaned deeply; and I allow that the description did not greatly increase my desire to trust myself in a country so lawless as he described these Scottish mountains.

  55. But, in slandering Scotland, he has borne false witness against a whole country; and I request you will allow no weight to his evidence.

  56. Presently a young man, who had been watching us for some time, came up and said, if we would allow him, he would conduct us to a good lodging-place.

  57. He said he had received a warm invitation from a colony of Germans in Wisconsin, to join them and enjoy that freedom which his native land denies, but that his circumstances would not allow it at present.

  58. His wife, thoroughly convinced that he was still tormenting her and that he would never let her hear the last of the matter if she gave up, closed her lips down firmly and declined to allow it to be done.

  59. I won't get well, but I won't allow myself to get into anything that will run me down quicker with worry.

  60. He was loth to allow Lady Merton to enter, but Elizabeth persisted.

  61. She would not allow herself to speculate upon it; though she could not help watching the relation between the two men with some curiosity.

  62. If you'll allow me," I said, "I will take the papers down to him.

  63. Just the same, on general principles, I'll take a look round if you'll allow me.

  64. He was obliged to allow Captain San Vicente and many others to embark in a vessel.

  65. It was not his wont to allow any timidity or personal regards or temporizing calculations to compel his silence or to moderate his rebukes.

  66. Their tactics were to allow the Spaniards to penetrate into their country as far as they pleased, but to cut off supplies, and harass their retreat.

  67. We must allow for the utter recklessness and frenzy of their full indulgence under the fervors of hot climes, in the loosening of all domestic and neighborly obligations, in the homelessness of exile and the mad freedom of adventure.

  68. The deep inland Empires recede too much from the sea-shore to allow any hold to the relation proposed in the words, "changed in all save thee.

  69. That would establish a mixed circulation of the precious metals and paper, mutually convertible, and allow an increased issue of the latter to obviate all the evils flowing from the periodical abstractions of the former.

  70. I will do the same to you, sir, if you will allow me.

  71. Space will not allow us to do more than refer the reader to its pages.

  72. Very absurd indeed is the accusation, that the Protectionists will not allow fair play to the progress of the experiment.

  73. We should be glad to treat of many of the characters, members of these communities; but space, and the difficulty of selection, where there is so much of interest, will not allow us.

  74. To allow a larger supply of labor for man's intellect to work with, Providence created the herbivorous races.

  75. This will injure me in the eyes of foreign powers, and I ought not to allow the affair to proceed.

  76. No one stirs as yet; all remain some time to return thanks, to allow the impression of the festival to sink deep into their souls.

  77. But if you will allow me one word which appears to differ, but in fact agrees with your opinion; may I be permitted to say, that it would be hardly prudent just now to give any air of martyrdom to this business.

  78. To Robert work was so much more a pleasure than a fatigue, that he was obliged to allow him to study a great deal; but he did not wish him to spend all his time at his books, but to take some hours of respite each day.

  79. Nevertheless you must allow me to think you know a great deal besides.

  80. The birds are very stupid, and easily fall a victim to the sportsman, and will sit aloft and allow a succession of shots to be fired at them until they are brought down.

  81. His soul was too strongly fortified with the blessing of religion to allow him to be long discouraged.

  82. I will accept none; this time you must allow my will to be law.

  83. I take my meals at my cousin's; in short, I am in a very tolerable position, and one that will allow me to try my fortune for three months to come, and I hope much longer.

  84. But her will was too vacillating to allow of her coming to any definite decision, and Charles was at length wearied into giving marked evidence of his displeasure.

  85. Of the various corollaries which might be drawn from this demonstration of the real nature of conversion, there is but one which time and space allow us to notice.

  86. Allow as much space between the seedlings as possible, for if they are too close the roots will twine about each other and make it very hard to transplant them later on.

  87. This second ring must be made on the glass, as the flaring top will not allow so small a ring to slip over it.

  88. The valance or flounce around the lower part of the bed is cut wide enough to allow for hemming at the bottom and to turn in at the top.


  89. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "allow" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abate; accede; accept; accord; account; acknowledge; adjudicate; administer; admit; afford; agree; allocate; allot; allow; approve; assign; assume; authorization; authorize; avow; award; bate; bear; believe; bestow; brook; communicate; concede; confer; confess; consent; consider; count; cut; deal; deduct; deem; depreciate; discount; dispense; disregard; dole; donate; enable; entertain; entitle; esteem; excuse; extend; face; forgive; gift; give; grant; have; heap; hold; impart; issue; judge; justify; lavish; leave; lend; let; license; loan; lot; lump; mete; offer; opine; overlook; own; pardon; pass; permit; pour; present; presume; proffer; rain; rebate; recognize; reduce; refund; regard; relax; release; render; sanction; serve; shower; slip; snow; spare; spill; stand; subscribe; suffer; suppose; sustain; swallow; tender; tolerate; understand; vouchsafe; waive; warrant


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    allow him; allow himself; allow myself; allow the; allow them; allow themselves; allowed himself; allowed myself; allowed them; allowing the; allowing them