allow
verb (used with object)
to give permission to or for; permit.
am allowing
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present progressiveof allow (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And the fact that they were wrong shows exactly why I am allowing this discovery, because you are not giving the whole truth.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2025
I am allowing leg hairs to grow in to avoid bumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
I am allowing Japan & South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2017
The modernizing imperative — societies need to embrace more openness to make progress — is why I am allowing myself to be optimistic about the progress of the youth revolutions.
From Time ● Feb. 17, 2011
But I am allowing myself to theorize too much.
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
