ALLOW in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for ALLOW, such as:
1. They did not allow the serfs any freedom.
2. They had to allow him to do as he pleased.
3. He didn't allow any word to escape his lips.
4. Add the mint and allow the flavours to mingle.
5. You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
2. They had to allow him to do as he pleased.
3. He didn't allow any word to escape his lips.
4. Add the mint and allow the flavours to mingle.
5. You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
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Meanings and Examples of ALLOW
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allow
v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
v. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We must allow that the others were at least as wretched as he; but Candide hoped that the philosopher would entertain him during the voyage.
2 At least you will allow me," said Candide to Martin, "that these two are happy.
3 They had to allow him to do as he pleased.
4 I understood that we must retire, in order to allow this traveller to go to sleep, and we both went up stairs.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
5 The opening was now large enough to allow him to pass.
6 Listen," resumed Madeleine; "there is still room enough under the cart to allow a man to crawl beneath it and raise it with his back.
7 He urged every one repeatedly not to allow the invalid to want for anything.
8 There was still fire enough to allow of their being put out of shape, and converted into a sort of unrecognizable bar of metal.
9 He halted in front of the inn, to allow the horse a breathing spell, and to have him given some oats.
10 Madeleine did not allow the district-attorney to finish; he interrupted him in accents full of suavity and authority.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER XI—CHAMPMATHIEU MORE AND MORE ASTONISHED
11 It did not allow the passage of the body, but it did allow the passage of the eyes; that is to say, of the mind.
12 Only to allow the undertaker's men to enter, when they come to get the coffin.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
13 The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.
14 What augmented Father Gillenormand's secret suffering was, that he locked it all up within his breast, and did not allow its existence to be divined.
15 This remarkable epoch is decidedly circumscribed and is beginning to be sufficiently distant from us to allow of our grasping the principal lines even at the present day.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The United States and Canada may enter into an agreement that would allow easier access to jobs across the border.
2 You can instruct your bank to allow a third party to remove money from your account.
3 Add an extra ten minutes to your journey time to allow for the traffic.
4 Add the mint and allow the flavours to mingle.
5 You never allow personal problems to affect your performance.
6 The President said the agreement would allow other vital problems to be dealt with.
7 He that will not allow his friend to share the prize must not expect him to share the danger.
8 He didn't allow any word to escape his lips.
9 She refuses to allow her family to help her as a matter of principle.
10 You have to allow for a certain amount of error.
11 Place allow me to smal proud,because like you depend on.
12 They did not allow the serfs any freedom.
13 You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit.
14 Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and can't make a change.
15 Other insurers will allow you to bolt on critical illness cover to standard life cover.