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Six example sentences with martinet, each labelled with its topic.
The conductor was a martinet: one violinist bowing a millimetre out of line stopped the entire rehearsal.
Music
The head chef ran the kitchen like a martinet, sending back any plate whose garnish sat a degree off center.
Cooking
Her new coach is a martinet about form: no repetition counts unless the heels stay flat and the back stays straight.
Fitness
The new coach is a martinet about punctuality: the bus leaves at eight sharp, and two starters have already been left behind.
Basketball
The office manager was a martinet who rejected any expense form filled in blue ink instead of black.
Business
Clerks dreaded the judge, a martinet who returned any brief with the wrong font size or a margin a millimeter too narrow.
Law
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