Sentence examples for put a curb from inspiring English sources

Had he not been so famous, tennis itself might have put a curb on his outbursts, by defaulting him.

We must be impartial in thought, as well as action, must put a curb upon our sentiments, as well as upon every transaction that might be construed as a preference of one party to the struggle before another".

On the other hand, in both the Senate and the House, the demand has been growing to put a curb on defense spending.

Thing Four: Regulatin': Mary Schapiro of the SEC wants to put a curb on high-frequency trading, she told The Wall Street Journal over breakfast recently.

It's kind of putting a curb on what we love to do".

American diplomats will point out to China that by putting a curb on Mr Kim they could help the United States reassure its ally, Japan, and help damp down any alarming talk of its rearming.But the main diplomatic action has moved for now to the UN Security Council.

Curbing greed puts a check on the army occupying foreign countries too.

Israel has put a partial, 10-month curb on construction in the West Bank, but Netanyahu has refused in public to freeze building in East Jerusalem.

A lot of people with post a CURB ALERT before they put a chair or table in the trash.

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).

The description of the drug companies may be the commercial's most incendiary aspect; the industry, which warns that a government curb on prices could put a damper on research, complains that Democrats have tried to demonize the drug makers.