How to Use disciplinarian in a Sentence

disciplinarian

noun

• The school's principal is a strict disciplinarian.
• 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
• And to feel that kind of love from someone that Ramy first saw as a disciplinarian.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2020
• Some are the quiet disciplinarians, others are the yellers, some let the kids free range parent.
  — Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
• As chief of staff, Kelly was thrust into the role of disciplinarian.
  — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• My mother was a very strict disciplinarian, but fair. ...
  — Tierney McAfee, Country Living, 27 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Bartholomew was known as a no-nonsense disciplinarian who insisted things go his way.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Mayock describes his father as a strong, silent disciplinarian who told players the truth.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Jordan was what people now call a strict disciplinarian.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 June 2021
• And our mother was always disciplinarian, guardian angel and provider.
  — Jerry Large, The Seattle Times, 22 Mar. 2018
• Popular for being a lax disciplinarian and easy grader, Brouillard often kept a camera strapped around his neck.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Cook and his fellow trainer, Erica Lugo, were on hand to serve as peppy cheerleaders and stern disciplinarians.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 17 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald has embraced his role as a disciplinarian.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2017
• 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
• 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
• When having vulnerable conversations, Bond recommends sitting next to your child rather than sitting across the table — which is often where a disciplinarian is when reprimanding someone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024