How to Use disciplinarian in a Sentence
disciplinarian
noun- The school's principal is a strict disciplinarian.
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Lauer is a strict disciplinarian who will get the most out of his players and will keep them in line.
—Richard Obert, azcentral, 10 July 2018
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And to feel that kind of love from someone that Ramy first saw as a disciplinarian.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2020
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Some are the quiet disciplinarians, others are the yellers, some let the kids free range parent.
—Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
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As chief of staff, Kelly was thrust into the role of disciplinarian.
—Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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The school’s disciplinarian back then, the great Jeannette Jones, who died in December, was so strict even parents could be scared of her.
—Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
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The Ravens needed a disciplinarian, a coach who was more involved with a team concept instead of the star system.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2020
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The elder Okonkwo was known throughout his family as a disciplinarian, and Joshua was starting to run with the wrong crowd.
—Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 25 Oct. 2019
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Sporting long-ish red hair and salt-and-pepper sideburns that wouldn’t last a second in the presence of a West Point disciplinarian.
—BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
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Parents get so used to being the boss and the teacher and the disciplinarian and the banker and the manners-minder that sometimes just enjoying your kid gets pushed off the schedule.
—Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
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There are times perhaps to be a disciplinarian, but instilling good manners is not one of them, in my opinion. . .
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
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My mother was a very strict disciplinarian, but fair. ...
—Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 27 Sep. 2019
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With Joe Torre, baseball’s disciplinarian, watching from the press level, the teams played the first two games of this series without incident.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2016
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Bartholomew was known as a no-nonsense disciplinarian who insisted things go his way.
—Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 3 Apr. 2018
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Mayock describes his father as a strong, silent disciplinarian who told players the truth.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
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The result was chaos; after a month, Ford tapped an ambitious young disciplinarian named Donald Rumsfeld to enforce a chain of command.
—Chris Whipple, Twin Cities, 17 May 2017
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Jordan was what people now call a strict disciplinarian.
—Arkansas Online, 28 June 2021
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And our mother was always disciplinarian, guardian angel and provider.
—Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 22 Mar. 2018
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Popular for being a lax disciplinarian and easy grader, Brouillard often kept a camera strapped around his neck.
—Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
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Her husband, Prince Philip, who functioned as the family disciplinarian, is 98 and lives in retirement at Sandringham, one of the royal estates.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2019
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The conductor is an oracle and interpreter, a guide and disciplinarian—and, for me, a novice aficionado of classical music, a necessary hand in the dark and a useful focal point.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
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That the term doesn’t exist says less about mothers’ senses of humor, which are just as corny as fathers’, than about restrictive gender roles that cast women as humorless disciplinarians.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 12 June 2019
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Sister Aloysius, on the other hand, is a stern disciplinarian who’s perfectly comfortable being feared rather than liked.
—Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 24 May 2017
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Cook and his fellow trainer, Erica Lugo, were on hand to serve as peppy cheerleaders and stern disciplinarians.
—Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2020
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Trump usually initiates the talks because incoming calls now are routed through chief of staff John F. Kelly and his disciplinarians.
—Philip Rucker, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2017
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A strict disciplinarian with a military background, Jones has put his initial fingerprints into trying to mold Hoover.
—Charles Rich, Glendale News-Press, 19 July 2017
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Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald has embraced his role as a disciplinarian.
—USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2017
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In the wake of his botched attempt to cover for an alleged serial domestic abuser, Kelly has been trying to reestablish himself as senior West Wing disciplinarian.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 26 Feb. 2018
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Janet had no desire to become a singer, but her father, Joe Jackson, a strict disciplinarian whose laser-like focus uplifted his family from poverty, had different ideas.
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2022
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His father was a strict disciplinarian who insisted that his four sons - Frederick, Charles and fraternal twins David and William - perform manual labor to foster a strong work ethic.
—Bill Hewitt, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2019
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