How to Use drastic in a Sentence

drastic

adjective

• Maybe we should try something less drastic first.
• The situation calls for drastic measures.
• Big picture, that can mean drastic changes, like what happened this summer.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
• Some employment experts said the drastic changes could raise issues with state and federal labor laws.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2022
• When Aubrey later shared highlights from the night on Instagram, White Lotus fans were shocked by the drastic change.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 4 Dec. 2022
• During a recession, reserves can allow a city to keep functioning without drastic cuts by covering sharp reductions in revenue from sales and hotel taxes.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• This was particularly important because in just a few decades, Akhenaten had made drastic changes to Egypt, says Dodson.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• That is a drastic change in a very small amount of time.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2023
• This isn't the first time that the British singer has opted for a drastic change.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 25 Sep. 2023
• Bucs offseason The Bucs are in the midst of drastic changes on both sides of the ball.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
• Inflation roared back and forced the Fed to take even more drastic steps.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 10 July 2024
• That stance marked a drastic shift from the rate-hiking campaign the Fed began in March 2022.
  — Chris Rugaber, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2023
• That implies things in the economy aren’t so bad that the Fed will be forced to make a drastic cut.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2024
• There won’t be drastic changes, but there will be subtle brand shifts.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
• Yet few families or places can quit the car just like that; such a drastic move would bring life to a halt.
  — Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023
• The offensive line might feature the most drastic changes.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• If things were going well, Gazprom and Miller would not have to take such drastic actions.
  — Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
• The risk of drastic change appears to be much higher on the American side.
  — Motoko Rich, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
• The move comes during a period of drastic change for CBS.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 30 July 2024
• Getting back to that level next year will require drastic change (and a healthy dose of luck).
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2024
• The drastic rebranding doesn’t come as much of a surprise to Musk-watchers.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 July 2023
• That’s a drastic reversal for the company, which has sold items in all of its stores for the better part of the past 10 years.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 May 2024
• But investors shouldn’t expect a drastic change of fortune for the sector.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 6 June 2023
• Slow Cabrillo Street, in the Richmond District, saw one of the most drastic drops in traffic crashes, from 13 to 2.
  — Ricardo Cano, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2022
• To make drastic changes, any buyer of National Amusements would have to work through the board of Paramount.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• In terms of actual breast cancer cases, the uptick isn’t that drastic.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 23 Mar. 2023
• And the efforts overnight put a point on the growing number of Republicans who could be poised to take drastic steps to get around him.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• The drastic step failed to stem the dramatic fall in retail prices, which fell below $4 a gram for the first time this spring and remain near an all-time low.
  — Mike Rogoway, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• The school’s board of directors announced the sudden change in leadership in a news release that does not specifically what prompted such a drastic move.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
• Since Grover’s is so small, boasting a population of less than 3,000, nothing too drastic happens to its infrastructure.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024