He had to curtail his anger
We will have to curtail our spending so the funding will last to the end of the year.
Smoking cigarettes will curtail a persons life expectancy.
It can be revived at any moment and used to curtail free speech.
If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. The government plans to curtail the number of troops being sent overseas.
Example of the use of the word "restrain" in a sentence: I was unable to restrain my excitement as the Steelers won the Superbowl Sunday night. Synonymous with: (v)control, contain, curtail
He decided to curtail his spending in order to save money for a vacation.
We must curtail our trip because it has become to expensive.
He was told to curtail his blanking activities by the WikiAnswers supervisor. The headmaster was trying to curtail the amount of smoking that took place near to bike sheds. Their efforts to curtail spending didn't succeed and they were broke four days before the end of the holiday.
Here are a couple of example: My doctor suggested I should curtail my drinking. We had to curtail our plans to climb the mountain because of the snow storm. The police asked us to curtail the party because we were making too much noise.
curtail means to limit I don't want to stop drinking altogether, I just want to curtail it a bit. Since the economy has plunged, I've had to curtail my non-essential spending. If I don't curtail my eating, I'll have to buy bigger clothes.
She has a retentive memory, able to remember even the smallest details of past events.
use it by saying- how can you use the word ebullient in a sentence?