Sentence examples for curbed a from inspiring English sources

Torah Bright, a 27-year-old Australian, curbed a possible podium sweep by the Americans by earning the silver medal.

The intervention curbed a huge exodus of boat people bound for South Florida in often flimsy vessels.

Friday's fall in the oil price curbed a generally higher trend oil has enjoyed since prices bottomed around $26 in February.

But one major reason they were outscored, 4-2, on a raw evening at Comerica Park was poor base running, specifically a sequence of outs that curbed a burgeoning rally in the sixth inning.

The country has a history of boom and bust, although its economic policy has been more prudent of late (the government has recently put a brake on lending and curbed a rising current-account deficit).

In Lagos, crime has been curbed a bit by a police campaign called "Fire for Fire", during the course of which many suspected robbers have been "arrested with gunshot wounds" and subsequently died.

U.S. ACCOUNTING RULEMAKERS HAVE gone halfway to curbing a misleading accounting maneuver we exposed a month ago.

That has helped to boost the real, and started to curb a dangerous spike in inflation.

A self-improvement program designed to curb a variety of excesses.

European Commission officials still talk of their determination to curb a British-led regulatory race to the bottom.

The government and opposition also differ on how to curb a growing number of asylum seekers reaching Australia by boat.