Example sentences for: curtail

How can you use “curtail” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And he also addressed Janet Reno's decision to curtail the investigation into his campaign fund-raising.

  • A story on the world environmental summit says that developed nations are breaking their promises to curtail emissions of greenhouse gases.

  • USAT leads with renewed efforts by state regulators to find ways to curtail the deceptive sales practices of sweepstakes companies.

  • In 1798 a young Napoleon Bonaparte, eager to curtail growing British power, arrived in Egypt and after a short and decisive battle claimed the country for France.

  • The second major point on which the principals had agreed on March 10 was the need to crack down on terrorist organizations and curtail their fund-raising.


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