Curbs is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Curbs in a sentence
Related words
Curbs meaning
plural of curb
Using Curbs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of curb
- In the example corpus, curbs often appears in combinations such as: curbs on, curbs and, the curbs.
Context around Curbs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Curbs
- In this selection, "curbs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, harsh, harsher, further, last, now and started stand out and add context to how "curbs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after proposed curbs last week and agenda including curbs to gambling. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "curbs" sits close to words such as accuser, adoptive and ahsoka, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with curbs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nepal curbs imports of cars, cosmetics as it gets compared with. (11 words)
Pekosz adds that good coughing and sneezing hygiene also curbs spread. (11 words)
China battled a surge of infections after China reversed strict virus curbs in December. (14 words)
Early test drives of Apple's self-driving tech fitted to a fleet of Lexus cars were reportedly plagued with problems, including the car failing to give way to a pedestrian, clipping curbs at the side of the road, and having trouble with staying in lane. (46 words)
Governments are going face a choice in the next week or two: Introduce harsh curbs now for a few weeks, or wait and hope for the best with the risk that you have to introduce harsher curbs later when hospitals fill up. (42 words)
A U.S. rule that restricts shipments of certain advanced chips to China has been revised and is under final review, according to a government posting, suggesting that further curbs on chips that can be used for artificial intelligence are coming soon. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
Governments are going face a choice in the next week or two: Introduce harsh curbs now for a few weeks, or wait and hope for the best with the risk that you have to introduce harsher curbs later when hospitals fill up.
A U.S. rule that restricts shipments of certain advanced chips to China has been revised and is under final review, according to a government posting, suggesting that further curbs on chips that can be used for artificial intelligence are coming soon.
China battled a surge of infections after China reversed strict virus curbs in December.
China is also sending a high-profile delegation as it makes a comeback after lifting travel curbs last week following three years of severe Covid restrictions, which limited the country's attendance at last year's WEF.
China’s press and publications authority has approved 105 new online games, saying it fully supports the industry after proposed curbs last week for investors in major games makers.
Douglas Council and the Department of Infrastructure have been installing drop curbs around the town to make it more accessible.
Early test drives of Apple's self-driving tech fitted to a fleet of Lexus cars were reportedly plagued with problems, including the car failing to give way to a pedestrian, clipping curbs at the side of the road, and having trouble with staying in lane.
Into said the figure was 43.53 percent higher than the same period last year, when most quarantined curbs started to ease.
Nepal curbs imports of cars, cosmetics as it gets compared with.
Nevertheless, the lack of talent curbs its growth while several centres complain about a dramatic increase in costs.
Pekosz adds that good coughing and sneezing hygiene also curbs spread.
Prominence is one of four pieces of media reform legislation on the Albanese government’s agenda, including curbs to gambling advertising, updates to anti-siphoning legislation and the implementation of content quotas for international streaming players.
Qatar faced intense criticism in the build-up to last year's soccer World Cup for its treatment of foreign workers, a ban on homosexuality and curbs on political expression.
Several parking spots were shifted as bus stops were relocated and repainted with red curbs creating a clear visual distinction for a bus stop area.
She also told the Mail on Sunday she would scrap plans for a deposit return scheme – a Scottish Government initiative to boost recycling – and ditch an attempt to introduce new curbs on alcohol advertising.
Since then, the country has joined other nations around the world in removing pandemic curbs, loosening travel restrictions last October.
That curbs economic activity even further, in turn forcing businesses to reduce their prices.
The EU executive will put forward later in the year initial ideas on possible curbs on investments in China that could help bolster Beijing’s military might, she said.
The painting contractor was confused by a map provided by the city and ended up painting all the curbs red, even a few stretches of road with legal parking.
The Supreme Court ruling last week against Deri's appointment, given his 2022 plea-bargain conviction for tax fraud, stoked a stormy debate in Israel - accompanied by nationwide protests - over government-proposed judicial curbs.
Common combinations with curbs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- curbs on 46×
- curbs and 16×
- the curbs 14×
- new curbs 8×
- of curbs 6×
- curbs in 6×
- curbs to 4×
- on curbs 4×
- curbs as 4×
- curbs the 4×