curtail
verb (used with object)
were curtailing
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past progressiveof curtail.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He later told the BBC he felt he "was being treated like a criminal for being Jewish" and that police were "curtailing the rights of law-abiding Londoners" to walk wherever they like freely.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2024
Last month, the IMF raised its 2023 global growth estimates slightly given resilient economic activity in the first quarter, but warned that persistent challenges were curtailing the medium-term outlook.
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Of course, the same closures were curtailing our lives in Mississippi, but shelter-in-place feels different when your place hums with four other humans — my husband and three children.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
Airlines already were curtailing flights in and out of the region’s three major airports.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2016
There were indications that motorists were curtailing driving a bit too, and in California preholiday freeway traffic, after a sharp drop, was still about 5% below normal.
From Time Magazine Archive
