martinet

Example Sentences

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Purge school boards of the sort of bluenose martinet who thinks you should teach the Holocaust — the Holocaust! — without painful words and images.

From Seattle Times

In high school, Mr. Sahl joined the ROTC, and by his own account became an expert marksman and “something of a martinet.”

From Washington Post

Francis was a remarkable martinet, acting as the club’s traveling secretary and business manager.

From New York Times

Bedecked in a three-piece suit and gripping a baseball bat in his hands, he struck the stance of a martinet for a portrait that ran on the cover of Time magazine in 1988.

From Washington Post

Because despite being a yeoman-type with a no-nonsense style straight from centre-back central casting he proved no martinet with his troops.

From The Guardian