Curbed
[kə:bd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Curb
Inputed by Byron
Examples
- Through the deep throng it could pass but slowly; the spirited horses fretted in their curbed ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yet not to excite fresh agitation in her, per non turbar quel bel viso sereno, I curbed my delight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Am I always to be curbed and kept down? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Forward was the device stamped upon his soul; but poverty curbed him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It cannot curb her; and she must be curbed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Inputed by Byron