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.
• 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
• France isn’t the only country trying to curtail carbon emissions with new taxes.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2022
• There is little sign that either party is prepared to curtail U.S. weapons shipments.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 4 Oct. 2024
• Forsythe notes that the most immediate thing any country can do in response to drought is to curtail demand and ensure that water is not being wasted.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• That would especially be the case if the economy faces more supply shocks, or events that curtail the ability to produce goods and services.
  — Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
• Activists and federal officials hope these new regulations will help curtail the use of ghost guns in violent crime.
  — Chris Hacker, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2022
• Russia could curtail natural gas supply to Europe, which would drive up oil prices as EU states rely more on that fuel.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2022
• Those economic contractions then spread throughout the rest of the economy and, in theory, help to curtail inflation.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022
• Such cases are not brought for any sound legal reason but rather for the strategic purpose of silencing another party’s speech by forcing them to curtail that speech or pay for an expensive legal fight over it.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The hikes come as The Fed fights to curtail rising inflation, a consequence of the pandemic-era shutdown.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024