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.
• As a result, that could cause companies to put off new investments and curtail hiring plans.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
• But de León's departure did not curtail the raucous meeting.
  — Alex Stone, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2022
• The suit was just the latest attempt to try to curtail the ever-growing issue of nonconsensual deepfake pornography.
  — Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2024
• Disaster costs are rising, and scientists warn the window to further curtail fossil fuel emissions and put a lid on rising temperatures is closing rapidly.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
• Williams bares all in the storytelling, exposing his infidelity as well as the depths of his addiction and self-loathing, refusing to curtail the uglier parts of the story out of a sense of self-preservation.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024
• In a parallel move, the measures curtail the types of entities that require scanning of the health code tracking apps that virtually every Chinese has had to install on their cell phones to move around.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2022
• Then, traders feared that the embargoes would sharply curtail global oil supplies, but Russia has managed to find other trading partners, reducing the embargoes’ impact.
  — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2022
• 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
• In some states, care for trans adults is also being curtailed.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Gagosian seems to hate being alone, and now his famous ability to convene was curtailed.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• An usher directed her to ascend the steps of the Palais des Festivals, curtailing her time in front of the cameras.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
• With so many authorities around, the Ripper could’ve curtailed the crime spree, simply out of fear of being caught.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• These young women were not the only Chinese peers who spoke with me about closure and stasis, and about the hard limits curtailing their dreams.
  — Christina Knight, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2024
• For years, lawmakers have sought to curtail Wall Street’s reach within the housing market.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2024
• Nearly all of the survey’s participants wanting to curtail spending habits planned to do so for the entire year.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• But DeSantis has tried to curtail those laws for several years now.
  — Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
• The controlling conservative bloc of the Supreme Court is widely believed to have taken the case with the intent of curtailing Chevron.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024