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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Baking soda can be used to curtail small oil or grease cooking fires.
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2021
• Furthermore, the Blazers must curtail their turnovers or the Pelicans could run away with this game.
  — oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2022
• But agricultural experts say politicians in Washington and around the country can do more to help curtail the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or avian flu, responsible for the deaths of more than 40 million egg-laying birds last year.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025