Sentence example with the word 'curtailed'

curtailed

abated, attenuated, capsulized, contracted, digested, elided, lesser, mown, reaped, sheared, shrunk, trimmed

Last update: June 30, 2015


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His extreme impecuniosity made him from the first subservient to the Polish senate and nobles (szlachta), who deprived him of the control of the mint - then one of the most lucrative sources of revenue of the Polish kings - curtailed his prerogative, and generally endeavoured to reduce him to a subordinate position.   [Please select]

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Although Miss Corson is a steady worker, her usefulness is curtailed by serious illness.   [Please select]

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I have reduced the pieces of advice to three, and curtailed somewhat.   [Please select]

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His view was curtailed slightly by a tool box.   [Please select]

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The South and West found their markets for cotton, rice, tobacco, corn, and bacon curtailed.   [Please select]

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He curtailed the abuses of metropolitan tyranny in Gaul.   [Please select]

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On the other hand, the Confederate president and his cabinet suddenly curtailed Lee's plans.   [Please select]

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These preliminaries of the _salle d’armes_ were usually omitted or curtailed in serious combats.   [Please select]

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My brothers and I were to do the work out of doors, an arrangement that suited me very well, though at first, owing to our lack of experience, our activities were somewhat curtailed.   [Please select]

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Though possessed of enormous revenues, he curtailed the expenses of his household, and surrounded himself with the pious and the learned.   [Please select]

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