draconian

Example Sentences

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Everything fell: oil prices, the dollar, even gold, because investors were shocked by how unsophisticated and draconian the policy was.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

His son, Sebastien Lai, said the "draconian prison sentence is devastating for our family and life-threatening for my father".

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Rights groups have denounced the sentence as "draconian" and "egregious".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

There’s no need to make a draconian rule that anytime the family is on the couch, devices disappear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

No municipality in all of America had ever taken such draconian action.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly