Sentence examples for curbed the from inspiring English sources

The move effectively curbed the influx.

"He had curbed the drinking," Steen said.

But this has not curbed the spiralling arrears.

He curbed the Cortes (parliament), relying on legists.

But for Curbed the hard times never came.

Analysts say it has curbed the worst excesses.

Ms. Morton has deliberately curbed the size of her operation.

That and a sluggish US economy have curbed the influx.

Only Blackwell, bowling into the rough, curbed the scoring rate.

For example I successfully curbed the smuggling of timber and contraband goods.

Once elected, those presidents curbed the id with the ego, common sense and reason.