Sentence examples for so draconian from inspiring English sources

"The mandatory minimums are so draconian," he said.

I just want to go about my business and the law just seems so draconian".

The exchange rarely takes action, however, perhaps because the penalties suspension or delisting are so draconian.

So draconian were its terms that it effectively guaranteed Britain would refuse to be pacified.

"It was so draconian that it was difficult to enforce," Professor Freeman said.

It is hard to know whether everyone in government intends this bill to be so draconian.

"Hillary's approach is so absolutist, draconian and intolerant, it means a replay of 1993".

The agencies balked, saying they could do so only with draconian service reductions.

That slowdown will lead to higher problem loans than we have had, but the numbers will not be draconian, so profitability will continue.

A new organised-crime intelligence unit, in which 17 of the 30 officers are British, is cited as one example of the UN's determination to get tougher; so too are draconian anti-terrorism laws now being drafted.

A reader, Mike, sent in a tale of woe so odd and draconian that I'm not even sure what to think of it.