disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

"She's an inspiration to women everywhere - a rare person who shows love and affection to her students, yet remains a strict disciplinarian when it comes to Kalari," says KF Thomas, a former student.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

Children, according to the old disciplinarian maxim, should be seen and not heard.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

He is known as a disciplinarian with a track record of giving players second chances and succeeding at the junior college level.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2023

But the reason for the class’s “ooo” had to do with his real job: vice principal in charge of discipline—in short, the school’s disciplinarian.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben