CURTAIL in a Sentence
Learn CURTAIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CURTAIL, such as:
1. The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
2. Investors are ready to see it curtail its ambitions and start delivering sustainable profits.
3. Companies have announced shutdowns or curtailments in more than two dozen timber mills in the province.
2. Investors are ready to see it curtail its ambitions and start delivering sustainable profits.
3. Companies have announced shutdowns or curtailments in more than two dozen timber mills in the province.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CURTAIL
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curtail
v. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
v. place restrictions on
Classic Sentence:
1 Now, whenever I hear any one advocating measures that are meant to curtail the development of another, I pity the individual who would do this.
2 If anywhere there are efforts tending to curtail the fullest growth of the Negro, let these efforts be turned into stimulating, encouraging, and making him the most useful and intelligent citizen.
3 You have only knowledge enough of the language to translate at sight these inverted, transposed, curtailed Italian lines, into clear, comprehensible, elegant English.
Example Sentence:
1 When Herb asked Diane for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn't go out with him, her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life.
2 Their remedy is a cut in production to curtail the extent to which the members are exceeding their agreed quotas, something they have been doing in order to prevent shortages arising as a result of the war in Iraq.
3 Investors are ready to see it curtail its ambitions and start delivering sustainable profits.
4 The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
5 His comeback appearances with other clubs were swiftly curtailed by his drinking, which continued after his second wife left him and after his liver transplant.
6 Companies have announced shutdowns or curtailments in more than two dozen timber mills in the province.