How to Use curtail in a Sentence

curtail

verb
Definition of curtailnext
Synonyms for curtailnext
  • The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use.
  • School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • When it was forced to curtail hours, Horn’s was open from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. with continuous service.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Recently, there was in a move in California to curtail the use of dogs in law enforcement.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Dry spells in India and Thailand have curtailed sugar exports.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Bears say that consumers will simply curtail their spending.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But despite the widespread nature of the problem — and the threat lead poses to young brains, even in small amounts — the state’s efforts to curtail lead in school drinking water mostly ended there.
    — Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • There is no intention to curtail the positive potential of this type of tool.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But the slides gave little other rationale for why campus or mail voting should be curtailed.
    — Amy Gardner, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Some cities and counties that have curtailed access to scanner traffic have adopted measures to keep the public informed.
    — Ernesto Londoño, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That also curtailed his development as a potential high-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft, which was reduced that season to just five rounds.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • From book bans to the notion that offensive ideas make one unsafe, both the right and the left have participated in curtailing open inquiry.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The interior is narrow and confining, and from the front, the view out is curtailed by a relatively small windshield.
    — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • But despite the bill’s failure, efforts to curtail defamation protections aren’t likely to end.
    — Lori Rozsa and Elahe Izadi, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
  • But few Israelis — in the military, politics or civilian life — are ready to curtail the fight against Hamas, whatever the human cost.
    — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • For the past several years, those restrictions have curtailed Huawei’s ability to produce 5G phones.
    — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'curtail.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: