martinet
Example Sentences
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Some are martinets; some allow players as much leeway as possible.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2018
One of the last great podium martinets, Szell wielded absolute authority and executed it with severity—an approach that vanished once unions began asserting themselves in matters of how musicians should be treated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 22, 2018
Gone are the days of John McGraw, Leo Durocher, Gene Mauch and Billy Martin, martinets who ran their fiefdoms largely by guts.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2018
Jami Gertz plays another in a long line of rules-bound martinets; Richard Kind is cast as yet another shlub trapped under her thumb.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2013
Though not dominated by martinets like my teacher, early mathematics education is generally poor.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing martinet
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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