Example sentences for: curtailed

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

  • At first, the Japanese curtailed the privileges of the Malay rulers and forced them to pay homage to the emperor of Japan.

  • The impact on health outcomes in non-profit hospitals may not be as large as it might have been because expenditure levels were curtailed not only in clinical areas, but in hotel services as well, although to a much lesser degree.

  • Yet, if our liberties are curtailed, we lose the values that we are struggling to defend.

  • This is all pure Steiner: high-toned and irritating, vibrating with barely curtailed snobbism, but also venturing hard queries and unpopular responses.

  • The NYT editorial page is likewise on the mark in its discussion of whether in light of the Guatemalan student rapes, American college excursions should be curtailed, pointing out that such enriching experiences are probably not as rape-risky as fraternity parties.


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