Example sentences for: curtailed

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

  • Last Sunday, June 18th, the rain came and severely curtailed attendance at this year's Keepers of the Lore/Joseph Campbell Festival of Myth, Folklore and Story.

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

  • In 1832, a 50 percent import duty curtailed clothing primarily from England and increased the demand for American home industry.

  • By standardizing practice, the reformers argued, wasteful care would be curtailed without sacrificing--perhaps even while improving--quality.

  • Even in nations where stock exchanges disappeared or were curtailed due to war or political catastrophe--such as Japan or Germany--returns to stocks exceeded returns to bonds over long periods.


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