Sentence examples for to draconian from inspiring English sources

The young and inexperienced new president resorted to draconian rule.

In the past 25 years, the laws governing sex offenses have gone from punitive to draconian to senseless.

Tsipras must submit to draconian economic reforms, tougher than those the Greek people rejected in a referendum just a week before.

To get these desperately needed funds, Tsipras had to submit to draconian economic reforms that the Greek people rejected in a referendum barely a week before.

Initially, he favoured democratisation, but resorted to draconian measures when rivals threatened his position and he lacked a firm base beyond the army.

For weeks, financial markets and the International Monetary Fund have been sending European governments the message that country-by-country bailouts, with loans at punitive rates and tied to draconian austerity measures, won't solve the problem.

"But does it have to be draconian to the point of decimating our industry?" He says that some of the closures are based on poor scientific data.

To be clear, Carlo Cottarelli wasn't there to impose draconian conditions to a bail-out of Scotland's finances.

Kodak has had to take draconian steps to survive.

Sometimes one is forced to resort to such draconian ruses!

The holder of about 4.3% of Citi said earlier this year that the bank needed to take "draconian" measures to cut costs.