How to Use permission in a Sentence

permission

noun
  • The teacher gave me her permission to go home early.
  • They got permission from the city to build an apartment complex.
  • So how in the world did you guys get permission to do all this?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2022
  • April is your permission slip to take it.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This is a full permission slip to live and let live, love and let love.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s your permission slip dive right in.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is your cosmic permission to stay at home and take a nap!
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Mar. 2026
  • This is not the day to ask for permission or approval.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 June 2026
  • The next will be about who can make it without permission.
    — Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And yet no one has asked your permission to make such forecasts.
    — Carissa Véliz, Wired, 27 Dec. 2021
  • This is cosmic permission to flirt with life again.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The girl would still need a parent or guardian’s permission, per state law.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • The one fact that prevents this is permission.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • This is your permission slip to feel yourself.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Remove permissions that do not make sense.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Kayce pays John a visit to ask permission to bury his son at the ranch.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Your people don’t need permission to act.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That permission, called a slot, is awarded on a use it or lose it basis.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • If your team is staring at a red flag today, don't wait for permission.
    — Jagbir Kaur, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • If none of that works, give yourself permission to cut your losses and move on.
    — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Then someone finds a hole the size of a permissions toggle.
    — Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
  • And kiddos, who needed permission from their moms to strip from the waist up.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • That gave me such permission to go into the filming process.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But women, even five years ago, were not given that permission to talk about this.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This is your permission slip to play and indulge in pleasure.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
  • If neighbors or friends come to listen, get a shot of them too, with their permission.
    — CBS News, 16 May 2022
  • But talk on the floor without permission, and you'll get expelled.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Teens will need a parent’s permission to change these new limits.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Used by permission of Spiegel & Grau.
    — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Rea gave a reporter his permission.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026

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