Sentence examples for draconian grip from inspiring English sources
At one point my friend, an obscure writer called Charlie Brooker (not sure where he is now) championed a cop drama called The Wire, which I quickly decreed "crap, just men chuntering on" and due to my Draconian grip over what flies and doesn't fly, the show was immediately forgotten.
All told, the revised terms reflect a new, draconian grip over user rights, experts say.
This is an all too common narrative in many parts of the developing world where despotic regimes intimidate political opposition with draconian measures to ensure their grip on power.
In Egypt, where 20 journalists are being held, a draconian new anti-terrorism law has tightened the government's strangling grip on the press.
In the latest twist to a case that gripped the country, and which campaigners said underlined the need to reform Pakistan's draconian blasphemy laws, the court in Islamabad ruled that the Rimsha Masih was not guilty, her lawyer said.
Yemen's government will pass draconian legislation aimed at stifling independent broadcast and online media in a bid to silence opponents and solidify its grip on power, Yemeni journalists and NGOs reported.
Draconian, one played called it.
But it is potentially draconian.
