Sentence examples for overly draconian from inspiring English sources
The regulations have been overly draconian and the agenda was close-minded.
3D printing farragoes have all the hallmarks of the absolute worst kind of ineffectual ban: one which encourages overly draconian laws that carry huge side effects, and that ultimately to have little to no effect.
Because smoking was seen to be 'personal', many policy makers considered legislation to be an overly draconian means of decreasing smoking role-modelling to children in parks and playgrounds.
"That's just too Draconian a solution.
To stop a catastrophic outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the British government has so far destroyed almost 4 million pigs, sheep, and cattle--a strategy that some call overly zealous and draconian.
At the time the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (now DRIPA) was criticized for granting the government overly broad and draconian powers to retain digital comms data — and for the lack of parliamentary time afforded for proper scrutiny.
Free speech advocates have accused the authorities of arbitrarily enforcing the country's controversial 2008 anti-pornography law, which has been criticized as draconian and overly broad.
That Data Retention and Investigation Powers Bill (aka DRIP) was criticized for being overly broad, vague and Draconian.
Even legal minds which weren't instantly describing it as out and out illegal were plenty critical — describing it as overly broad, vague and draconian.
He has been overly statist and interventionist, reacting to downward pressures on Nigeria's currency, the naira, by imposing draconian foreign currency controls.
Despite its success, or perhaps because of it, China is also vigorously debating whether it's overly obsessed with gold medals (while being dismissive of silver and bronze); whether the state-sponsored sports system is both draconian and outmoded; whether its athletes are under too much pressure; and whether national pride too often veers into an unattractive nationalism.
