procrustean
Example Sentences
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If you’re the parent of a child with special needs who’s felt the cold procrustean hands of the public school system, you know what this father is up against.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
You're trying to fit me into this procrustean notion that you have of me.
From Time ● Jul. 22, 2010
Exceptions to this procrustean rule are rare enough to be newsworthy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the toe dared to protrude from the block, it is chopped off in procrustean fashion; a carnation sprouts from the gaping hole.
From Time Magazine Archive
In improvement he was somewhat hasty and procrustean.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Goldwin Smith
