Sentence examples for draconian reality from inspiring English sources

That this increasingly draconian reality at Guantánamo has occurred during the tenure of Barack Obama, a man who based his very election in part on a pledge to close the prison, is a tragic irony.

He insists that Mr. Ryan, in proposing draconian cuts, has "grasped reality" in the face of a public unwilling to choose between tax increases and spending cuts.

But after all the votes have been counted, this is what remains: in this poor country, where many people cannot read or write, where women are still subject to draconian social and economic realities, where natural disasters strike with brutal regularity, corruption and religious extremism were resolutely routed out.

The reality is that draconian measures rarely make us safer and often jeopardise security.

In reality, it's yet another draconian restriction placed on LGBT individuals in a country that has all but criminalized being gay.

The reality will be less like the draconian information control of 1984 and more like a distracting bath of soft-focus information lapping over us like water in some Tahitian lagoon.

"Uganda can try to dress up this draconian new tax as a benefit, but in reality, it is just another clumsy attempt to stamp on free speech".

I applied my anthropological sensibilities to the problem, recognizing that automobility was a cultural system, and that change, if it did not come from practical realities, like unmanageable gas prices or draconian laws, would have to come from a change in people's worldviews and values.

Elsewhere on the podcast: Over in the Trump campaign, they're working hard at the pivot they've promised to make for months, and the most interesting thing that's emerged is that on the reality TV host's signature issue ― his draconian approach to immigration ― Donald Trump no longer seems to know what he either believes or says.

Although rumor had it that Apple was about to stop by Verizon before it hit AT&T, in reality AT&T was the only carrier amenable enough to Apple's seemingly draconian demands: control over distribution, supply, and support, control over the app and music store, and absolute control over release dates.

The reality is that foreign aid is only 1 percent of the $3.8 trillion budget; even draconian cuts would have negligible effects on the long-term deficit.