- present progressive of allow (1st person singular).
Example Sentences
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I am allowing leg hairs to grow in to avoid bumps.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2022
But I worry this is unhealthy, that I am allowing myself to fall into patterns that will eventually leave me isolated.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022
I am allowing my children to go anywhere they want and study anything they wish.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2016
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
Not by any means that I am allowing in this case the existence of a "macula," or an "incuria" either.