How to Use curbing in a Sentence

curbing

noun

• Stuck in a dip in the curbing, Newgarden’s car stalled and brought out a red flag.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2022
• Put the right side of the car onto curbing, and only the right side of the controller rumbles.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2022
• Climbing up and out of Turn 2 meant taking a lot of curbing.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2022
• Johnson ran over the raised curbing in the apex of Turn 5 and bottomed out, losing control and slammed the nose of his car into the tires.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Apr. 2022
• Now look, that doesn't mean that some students don't believe there should be some curbing of some speech.
  — NBC News, 30 Jan. 2022
• The first came with five laps to go, starting when pole-winning driver William Byron went over the curbing in the fifth turn and was sent off the course.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• In addition to sidewalks, the project will include milling on Hillcrest Road to bring the street in line with new curbing.
  — Karen Huppertz, ajc, 6 Mar. 2018
• The new plan also would include a bike path along Galena Boulevard and redoing all the curbing and some of the parking area in the plaza.
  — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 29 June 2018
• IndyCar had an opportunity to tighten the field two-thirds of the way through when a chunk of curbing came loose in Turn 7.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2019
• The track was resurfaced in the offseason but, according to a track spokesman, the dimensions of the track, the curbing itself and the paved runoff area beyond the curbing were not changed.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
• This year, the curbing in Turn 6 came apart late in the race, causing a series of crashes down in a race eventually won by A.J. Allmendinger.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2021
• The deal includes the creation of a no-fly zone along the border, a curbing of military exercises and the removal of 11 front-line guard posts.
  — Dasl Yoon, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2018
• Drive across the curbing of Inner Loop at Watkins Glen, and the headset's vibration deepens the illusion.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 27 Mar. 2023
• IndyCar is working with Road America to adjust some of the curbing at the track ahead of the race, a series spokesman said Thursday.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
• More than a decade ago, sanctioning bodies required the addition of the asphalt runoff and curbing.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 8 June 2023
• Typically, it would be closed for about 30 days to rip out old pavement, then install new pavement, new curbing and then do the grading behind the curbs.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2019
• Refunds are available for turf removal in yards — if it is replaced by concrete or brick curbing, pavers, decks or patios.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• The Legislature passed a bill in August to send all active voters mail-in ballots in hopes of curbing, or at least not fueling, the spread of the coronavirus.
  — Sam Metz and Michael R. Blood, chicagotribune.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• Soon reports of revolvers cracked down the main street and bullets richochetted from a cement curbing or plowed into a telephone pole.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2018
• Some wondered whether fatigue from three days of practice, qualifying and racing on the same course could have led to the deterioration of the curbing.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• But in an election season that many young voters hope will lead to the curbing of official corruption, even the café churches they frequent have drawn suspicion.
  — Jason Strother, The Atlantic, 8 May 2017
• This year, a new Precision Drive controller technology arrives to help players use sticks and buttons instead of wheels and pedals to put up a stronger fight across the virtual curbing.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 4 May 2023
• But the gradual curbing of free speech stands out because, when asked to assess their revolution, Tunisians often say that freedom of expression was the only concrete achievement to come from it.
  — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• The funds will also cover landscaping and lighting improvements, new curbing and upgrades to Colt Park, where Dillon is located.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 9 Apr. 2018
• And because the curbing had been present for Thursday's track walk and at race weekends prior, IndyCar did not believe any notification to teams about the overnight change to put the track back to its original spec was necessary.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2023
• But the true revelation is navigating the straights and curbing of Monticello Motor Club.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2021
• Eventual series champ Joey Logano can be seen late-braking up the inside, jumping multiple rows of cars while driving over the turn's curbing, setting off a chain-reaction that spun four cars and involved more than a half-dozen drivers.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2023
• Town officials noted that granite curbing will be installed and some sidewalk sections will be reconstructed to accommodate the new grades.
  — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 9 Apr. 2018
• Other upgrades include new curbing, sidewalks, bike lanes, bump-outs, and traffic signals, along with new ornamental street lights, benches, tree plantings, and the addition of granite columns at Odell Park.
  — John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
• The impact of these populist leaders in Eastern European democracies has included the curbing of press freedom and formal constitutional changes that strip courts of their powers.
  — Julia Azari, Vox, 17 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024