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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The most zealous bunny huggers want to stop their hobby, or at least curtail it.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
• Refugee and asylum claims, both key targets during Trump’s first term, would once again be sharply curtailed.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
• Furthermore, the Blazers must curtail their turnovers or the Pelicans could run away with this game.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
• The ship was in port for the day at a private dock that has controversially been allowed to host them, despite a 2020 vote to curtail cruise ships.
  — Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
• There have been efforts on the legislative side to curtail the overuse of nondisclosure agreements.
  — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2022
• But cash bail is still allowed in some instances in that state and others that have curtailed the practice, such as New York and Alaska.
  — Claire Savage and Corey Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Sep. 2023
• The group has closed beauty salons and curtailed travel for women without a male guardian.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
• That’s prompted Arlington to curtail the scope of some projects and use value engineering to close the gaps.
  — Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
• About half of the states have or are expected to seek to ban or curtail abortions following that ruling.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
• The hikes come as The Fed fights to curtail rising inflation, a consequence of the pandemic-era shutdown.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023
• The food supply is threatened, and access to water and health care has been severely curtailed.
  — Andre Paultre, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• Some see the new uniform rule as indicative of these broader anti-competitive practices, potentially curtailing the field of suppliers teams can collaborate with.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
• The Justice Department under the first Trump administration curtailed the use of consent decrees, and Trump is expected to again radically reshape the department’s priorities around civil rights.
  — Adrian Sainz and Jonathan Mattise, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024