"On my knees, my queen," he said, curbing his impatience at her childish caprice; and, striving to hide the note of triumph in his voice, he put both knees to the ground and bent his head in supplication.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
There was no curbing its wrath: neither the soft nor the harsh answer of science had served to turn it away.
"From the Housetops"
George Barr McCutcheon
He reached the curbing of the old well with his burden, crawled over and caught the rusty chain.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort