Verb (used with object) : Curb your dog.    From Dictionary.com. 

The designation curbed private logging on millions of acres of federally owned timberland in the West.    From Wordnik.com.  [First It Takes, Then It Gives] Reference

His face wears an expression of curbed annoyance, as though he was trying not to listen to a boring speech.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Empress] Reference

Palin pipeline terms curbed bids: AP investigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CANOE Money] Reference

AP investigation: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids.    From Wordnik.com.  [RockyMountainNews.com] Reference

Freedom of expression curbed in Hong Kong, say journalists.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Palin pipeline terms curbed bids: AP investigation - October 25 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference

Palin pipeline terms curbed bids, favoured Canadian company: report Gov.    From Wordnik.com.  [Refinance 2nd Mortgage] Reference

AP INVESTIGATION: Palin pipeline terms curbed bids (Barf alert ... 2 Palin hit pieces in one week!!!).    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Ordinary citizens have their rights to free expression curbed by public officials while wealthy corporations can ignore the same laws.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

You know sometimes a woman is kind of curbed by her husband's thinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, May 11, 1990. Interview A-0356. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference

Heck, leave "curbed", how have they even slowed down piracy with this verdict?.    From Wordnik.com.  [p2pnet news] Reference

What it really did was enforcing program trading and "curbed" free fall trading days.    From Wordnik.com.  [24/7 Wall Street] Reference

Palin pipeline terms curbed bids (4 comments).    From Wordnik.com.  [Drudge Retort] Reference

Are their activities going to be curbed in any way?.    From Wordnik.com.  [2 Years Ago, Lehman Brothers Filed Bankruptcy] Reference

But the severe weather has curbed those expectations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Wheat Shortage Feared as Prices Surge] Reference

As stocks dropped, wealthier households curbed spending.    From Wordnik.com.  ['OLD' ECONOMY SAVES THE 'NEW'] Reference

Welfare, food stamps and subsidized housing are all curbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing Up To Reality] Reference

Do we have a plastic bag addiction which needs to be curbed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiff today: festival newcomer and what's on in Cardiff? Add your events.] Reference

Whether any of this has curbed her alleged trickery is unclear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rozita Swinton’s Bad Call] Reference

Investors weren't enthused about the airline's curbed ambitions.    From Wordnik.com.  [JetBlue Puts The Brakes On Expansion] Reference

If only China's real-world mercantilism could be curbed so easily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Online: A Virtual Gold Rush] Reference

But the memory of his last exit from that house curbed such a desire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

Unfortunately, this has curbed Europe's ability to offset the U.S. slump.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Coin Of The Realm] Reference

Drinkers have curbed trips to bars and cut back on purchases to save money.    From Wordnik.com.  [Molson Coors Embraces New Brands, Higher Prices In Wake Of Recession] Reference

High unemployment curbed workers 'abilities to push for larger pay packages.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Growth Slowed in 2nd Quarter] Reference

But Congress, miffed at government by fiat, has curbed such discretionary powers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Lula Lead?] Reference

A survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute asked how costs might be curbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [NATIONALIZE HEALTH CARE] Reference

Although the revolution has curbed many of its excesses, it's become institutionalized.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dispatch From Iran] Reference

I now wonder whether taking ginger capsules might have curbed her queasiness even more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study: Ginger curbs nausea from cancer treatment] Reference

He's curbed government lending, raised interest rates; some senior officials aren't happy.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHO'S NEXT: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?] Reference

Their governments must decide if this spike needs to be curbed before it gets out of hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Making a Difference] Reference

But such was the rapacious spirit of individuals, that it could be curbed by no authority.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1] Reference

He has unflinchingly slashed budgets, curbed government salaries and hoisted interest rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lula's Balancing Act] Reference

In greenhouse trials, the doctored maize curbed the damage from MSV, and sometimes stopped it cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crops With Attitude] Reference

Now that we've curbed the disease, and stopped vaccinating against it, we're as vulnerable as they were.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Terrors Of Toxins] Reference

The IG says excesses should be curbed, but the air-traffic-controllers union is resisting sharp cutbacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flying Free] Reference

"Now Korea's economic growth is curbed by the household-debt problem, while other Asian nations are ready to boom.".    From Wordnik.com.  [BUSINESS: KOREA GOES BUST] Reference