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curbed
adjective as in restricted
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adjective as in hushed
adjective as in limited
adjective as in pent-up
adjective as in silent
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- bashful
- buttoned-up
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in smothered
adjective as in temperate
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Example Sentences
A lot of companies stopped picking up the tab for country-club memberships and curbed “gross up” payments, which make perks even sweeter by covering the taxes that accompany them.
In sum, by the time the New Deal was done in 1945, the Roosevelt administration had brought high-flying U.S. capitalism down to earth, with regulations that curbed speculative excess, while preventing spectacular crashes.
From then on, he curbed his aggressive instincts to support Gill, but could not resist one straight flay off Bashir for six.
Even if streaming has curbed the amount of offerings available in retail stores, online avenues are wide open.
However, a slump in sales has curbed the company's ability to command full price for its products.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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