Allowed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Allowed meaning
simple past and past participle of allow
Using Allowed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of allow
- In the example corpus, allowed often appears in combinations such as: allowed to, be allowed, not allowed.
Context around Allowed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 11 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Allowed
- In this selection, "allowed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yards, points, dictatorship, per, anywhere and himself stand out and add context to how "allowed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include were not allowed to work, in points allowed and seventh and yards allowed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "allowed" sits close to words such as mother, college and throughout, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with allowed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This allowed every spell book to feel unique, with players even being allowed to name their own spells. (18 words)
The Broncos finished 14th in points allowed and seventh in yards allowed after Evero was hired to run the defense in 2022. (22 words)
The 2018 Patriots defense was good, but not elite (8th in points allowed, 7th in passer rating allowed, 22nd in passing yards allowed). (23 words)
The Ravens are No. 1 in points allowed and No. 2 in total yards allowed, and Smith is their leading tackler by a margin of 30. Acquired from the Bears last year and signed to a $100 million contract, he's coming off a first-team All-Pro season. (49 words)
A few minutes later Eze’s poor clearance then allowed Brighton to win back possession, the ball eventually getting to Pascal Gross, whose inch-perfect cross allowed Welbeck to head home and make for some nervy home fans in the closing minutes. (42 words)
When he allowed himself to be coopted by Mahathir to serve in the latter's Umno regime, he sided with Malays autocracy, Mahathir's dictatorship, allowed Mahathir's rabid racism to flourish, allowed corruption in Malaysia to become its main business. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
When he allowed himself to be coopted by Mahathir to serve in the latter's Umno regime, he sided with Malays autocracy, Mahathir's dictatorship, allowed Mahathir's rabid racism to flourish, allowed corruption in Malaysia to become its main business.
The defense was a particularly dreadful one last season, ranking bottom-five in scoring allowed, rushing, third-down conversion rate allowed, sacks, turnovers forced and big plays allowed.
The unheralded Indy D ranks third in the NFL in total yards allowed, second in rushing yards allowed and fifth in points allowed per game.
That one is a little more complicated, because there's such a patchwork of laws around which things like pesticides are allowed, and then there's this incongruity between what's allowed and not allowed, and what it actually tested for.
The 2018 Patriots defense was good, but not elite (8th in points allowed, 7th in passer rating allowed, 22nd in passing yards allowed).
The Irish are third in the nation in passing yards allowed per game (163.7), fourth in yardsper pass attempt allowed (5.74) and eighth in passing yards allowed per completion.
An access control system determines who is allowed to enter or exit, where they are allowed to exit or enter, and when they are allowed to enter or exit.
Laws against child labour were passed; children younger than 12 were not allowed to work in factories, children younger than 16 were not allowed to work at night, and women younger than 21 years old were not allowed to work underground.
When women were eventually allowed in to hear the speeches, they still were not allowed to ask the speakers questions, although men were allowed and did ask, even though some of the women had won Pulitzer Prizes for prior work.
A few minutes later Eze’s poor clearance then allowed Brighton to win back possession, the ball eventually getting to Pascal Gross, whose inch-perfect cross allowed Welbeck to head home and make for some nervy home fans in the closing minutes.
As Circuit Judge James Ho put it: “We are allowed to look at the FDA just like we’re allowed to look at any agency.
Automatic watering is allowed between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. while manual watering is allowed between 6 a.m and 9 a.m.
Even after the handoff of the director’s cut, the contract requires that directors are allowed to be present throughout post-production, and are allowed a “reasonable opportunity” to discuss the producer’s final cut.
In smaller cities, fourplexes would still be allowed anywhere, if one of the units meets affordable housing requirements, and six-plexes would be allowed anywhere in larger cities, provided two of the units are affordable.
Ober also allowed four hits with three strikeouts and no walks in six innings before Jovani Moran allowed two one-out singles in the seventh.
That has put an undue burden on their defense, which ranks 10th in the NFL in points allowed and seventh in total yardage allowed.
That should not be surprising: Seattle has allowed the fewest homers in the majors (32) and Atlanta has allowed the second-fewest (38).
The Broncos finished 14th in points allowed and seventh in yards allowed after Evero was hired to run the defense in 2022.
The Ravens are No. 1 in points allowed and No. 2 in total yards allowed, and Smith is their leading tackler by a margin of 30. Acquired from the Bears last year and signed to a $100 million contract, he's coming off a first-team All-Pro season.
This allowed every spell book to feel unique, with players even being allowed to name their own spells.
Phrases with allowed
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with allowed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- allowed to 173×
- be allowed 57×
- not allowed 50×
- are allowed 35×
- allowed and 25×
- allowed the 24×
- were allowed 22×
- yards allowed 18×
- allowed in 15×
- and allowed 15×