ALLOWING in a Sentence

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The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story.

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 Meanings and Examples of ALLOWING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
allow
 v.  admit an activity as legal or acceptable
allowance
 n.  approval; act of allowing, granting, or admitting
allowable
 a.  deductible according to the tax laws
 a.  deserving to be allowed or considered
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The Inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  And--I was a long way away, but I am almost certain I saw this--he was talking to you and you were allowing him to stroke your nose.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
3  A man who proceeds upon the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
4  The contending archers took their station in turn, at the bottom of the southern access, the distance between that station and the mark allowing full distance for what was called a shot at rovers.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  Sir Thomas gave her more credit for discretion on the occasion than she deserved; and Fanny could have blessed her for allowing her only to see her displeasure, and not to hear it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  Mr. Sowerberry remarked it and, without allowing time for any observation on the good lady's part, proceeded.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
7  There was a spasmodic abandonment about it as if, in allowing herself to utter the sound the woman's brain had authorized what it could not regulate.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
8  There was really little danger in allowing a child to go home alone on this part of Egdon Heath.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
9  As her medical adviser, I cannot possibly take the responsibility of allowing anyone to see her.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
10  In a few hours the examination would commence, and he was still in the dilemma between making the facts public and allowing the culprit to compete for the valuable scholarship.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
11  One morning, Mademoiselle Gillenormand the elder returned to her apartment as much disturbed as her placidity was capable of allowing.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—SOME PETTICOAT
12  Caesar is great, Tacitus is great; God spares these two greatnesses by not allowing them to clash with one another.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II—THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
13  A revolt was, in its eyes, no pretext for allowing malefactors to take the bit in their own mouths, and for neglecting society for the reason that the government was in peril.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—THE "SPUN" MAN
14  In the midst of an incalculable political event already begun, under the pressure of a possible revolution, a police agent, "spun" a thief without allowing himself to be distracted by insurrection and barricades.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—THE "SPUN" MAN
15  Mademoiselle Gillenormand, like a sage and elderly person, contrived to spare the fine linen, while allowing the grandfather to think that he was obeyed.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  ABC's standards and practices division agreed to an unprecedented waiver allowing frontal nudity during the lengthy holocaust sequences.
17  Facebook will begin allowing its users to rank news sources they see as the most credible and trustworthy so it can better rank and prioritize them in its News Feed.
18  Former Tory defence secretary Liam Fox, a Eurosceptic, said allowing EU citizens to vote in the referendum "would have been an unacceptable dilution of the voice of the British people".
19  The world's most popular social network will begin allowing its members to designate someone—what they call a “legacy contact”—to manage parts of their accounts posthumously.
20  Patients are now allowed free access to their medical records.
21  You will be allowed unlimited access to the files.
22  Red Cross officials were allowed access to the prison for the first time a few days ago.
23  After an afternoon of unutterable boredom I was finally allowed to leave.
24  One fact is indisputable - this must never be allowed to happen again.
25  Discrimination against women is not allowed.
26  Women are not allowed to attend public gatherings.
27  Army personnel are not allowed to leave the base.
28  EU members are allowed to travel freely between member states.
29  It was a real treat being allowed to stop out late.
30  He should be allowed the occasional treat.