Sentence examples for curb word from inspiring English sources

Having just recently kicked WinMo to the curb, word on the mobile street is that Motorola has now dumped LiMo as well.

That helped to curb managers' hesitations about the word "diva," a moniker the producers insisted was meant to be empowering.

In other words, Turkey would curb irregular migration flows to the EU (including that of Syrian refugees) and the EU would support Turkey's efforts with new funds and create resettlement schemes (European Commission 2015).

And at the Garden School in Jackson Heights, he led a campaign to curb the thoughtless use of the word "retarded".

For three hours, Bates spouted sense, bile and bigotry in about equal measure, with Susannah trying in vain to curb his use of the C-word.

Trade unionists talk about fair trade, not free trade (in other words, they want to curb competition for jobs from workers in poor countries).

The budget agreement of 1990 put a cap on growth in government spending; and, to his cost, President Bush broke his word and raised taxes to curb the deficit.

Bonus: The mere thought of cost, currencies, budgets or any other money-oriented words could be enough to curb overspending.

As with all such slogans, there is a danger that it will become simply an exercise in political correctness and word policing that does little to curb the sexual abuse of children.

In other words, Mr Karzai may have to curb his infuriating habit of disowning the war whenever he finds it convenient.

They signal a real willingness of countries to move past words and to concrete actions to curb their global warming pollution. .