disciplinarian

Example Sentences

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The family was conservative; her dad, a disciplinarian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Ray, who is joining the Marines to make his disciplinarian but not unkind father proud, convinces Cam to join alongside him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Many of those who supported him thought his military background and disciplinarian credentials were what the country needed to get to grips with the Islamist insurgency in the north.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

The disciplinarian of China Inc. has turned cheerleader.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

She’d spent much of the same period being an unrelenting disciplinarian.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore