How to Use curtail in a Sentence

curtail

verb

• The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.
• School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.
• What happens to the meaning of that when the time gets curtailed?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
• People could not protest, and freedom of the press was curtailed.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
• But shifts in our climate are here to stay, even if countries around the world start to curtail it.
  — Meryl Davids Landau, Good Housekeeping, 4 Feb. 2022
• That certain curtailed the band’s chances for a longer career.
  — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
• The White House said there were no plans to curtail Biden's travel as a result of the new variant.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2021
• That would close the library on Sundays and curtail evening hours during the week.
  — Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2021
• Pratt's playing time was curtailed by a deep and talented group of guards ahead of him on the depth chart.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2023
• And Hill doesn’t have any plans to curtail his message on his podcast in the future.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
• The issue reverts to the states, many of which have taken steps to curtail or ban abortions.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2022
• Plus, the state was slow to curtail economic aid that expired in many states last year.
  — Jonathan Lansner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The air district’s warehouse rule aims to curtail these emissions by 10% to 15% over five years.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• There’s no sense of when things are going to curtail themselves.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 23 July 2021
• That still may not be enough to curtail the troubling rise of off-brand obesity drugs.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
• Hotz has said the county would have had to curtail services if the tax wasn't continued.
  — Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Aug. 2023
• The play was initially meant to run in 2020, but that run was curtailed by the pandemic.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
• One of the things would be to ask Trump to curtail some of these outdoor activities.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024
• In some states, care for trans adults is also being curtailed.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Still, Tamil Nadu has made more progress than other states that have tried to curtail plastic use.
  — New York Times, 31 July 2022
• The way to curtail it is to examine it clearly, explore the ugly sides of it and the noble sides — and there are both.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2021
• Whether sanctions will help to curtail the captagon trade is an open question.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
• Chief Aparicio said police are aware of the drugs being sold in restrooms and have taken steps to try to curtail the trade.
  — Karol Suárez and Cristopher Rogel, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2022
• Our house is still standing — just to curtail any suspense.
  — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
• The unions are concerned that the November 20 strike threat would prompt the railroads to curtail services as soon as next week.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 9 Nov. 2022
• Old $500 litter fines could also curtail the onslaught of garbage.
  — The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2022
• The most zealous bunny huggers want to stop their hobby, or at least curtail it.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
• The pandemic forced Goodall to curtail her practice of traveling 300 days a year to give lectures around the world.
  — Patrick J. Kiger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• After that, the free press and universities must be curtailed, as well—Yarvin said no later than April after the inauguration.
  — Ed Simon, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
• Earlier this month, the Chinese government published a white paper to publicize its efforts to curtail the production and export of fentanyl precursors over the last few years.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2025