| They are experts in the quiet word in the ear which has been controlling players for decades and they must not have that power curtailed. |
| On many Western rivers, dams have already severely curtailed wild spawning runs. |
| Slight eccentricities are curtailed with gentle mocking, and social aberrations are laughed off the set. |
| Queasiness at the sight of blood curtailed a medical career, and Darwin went to Cambridge to study divinity and join the church. |
| If you think it is justified, how will you explain yourself to those whose rights are being curtailed? |
| Many constitutions require that basic rights can be curtailed only if less onerous measures are not available. |
