She worked on the project here and there as time allowed.
This should take 5 minutes for 1 strength-cardio circuit combo. If time allows, repeat once more for a 10-minute workout or twice more for a 15-minute workout.โ๐ Image Tracy Teare
This plan is being implemented in phases as funding allows.โ๐ Image Waterloo-Cedar Falls (Iowa) Courier
a religion that does not allow divorce
They don't allow smoking in this hotel.
I want to change my schedule, but my boss won't allow it.
My boss wouldn't allow me to change my schedule.
They don't allow people to smoke in this hotel.
Women were not allowed in the club.
The hospital doesn't allow visitors after 8 p.m.
Her schedule doesn't allow her any time to run errands.
The system allows you to transfer data easily from one computer to another.
Occasional gaps allow passage through the mountains.
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Because the property was given special permission to build here and to date, is the only structure in Gion allowed to be above the legal limit of 39 feet.โ๐ Image Condรฉ Nast, Condรฉ Nast Traveler, 3 Apr. 2026 Spencer Knight stopped 31 shots for Chicago, and Arvid Soderblom made four saves and allowed a goal while Knight dealt with an equipment issue.โ๐ Image ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026 The access comes after a federal judge earlier this week allowed clergy members from the Chicago area to minister to migrants in the facility during Holy Week and Easter.โ๐ Image Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Share a story from your childhood or help a child with a project, allowing youthful happiness to exist freely.โ๐ Image Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for allow
Word History
Etymology
Middle English alowen, allowen "to commend, approve of, legally recognize, permit, take into account, compensate," borrowed from Anglo-French aluer, aloer "to place, allot, commend, accept as legally valid, permit, take into account, assess," probably in part from a- (going back to Latin ad-ad-) + loer "to praise," going back to Latin laudฤre; in part going back to Medieval Latin allocฤre "to place, admit, credit" โ more at laud entry 2, allocate
