Example sentences for: draconian

How can you use “draconian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The code gave the five major and three minor studios draconian power over stars.

  • The Army is proceeding against other soldiers under a draconian code that can transform consensual sex into constructive rape, if it happens across ranks.

  • You can be stuck on for anything from serious misconduct to minor infringements of the police's absurdly draconian and catch-all disciplinary codes, which make it possible for a senior officer with a grudge against a junior to stick him on for almost anything.

  • During the crack epidemic, Congress and the states imposed draconian mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.

  • She favored alternative punishments, longed to help troubled kids, worried about Draconian anti-immigration policy, and disliked the death penalty, mandatory minimum sentences, and the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.


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