These irregular troops of horse might be criticised by martinets and pedants, but they contained some of the finest fighting material in the army, some urged on by personal hatred of the Boers and some by mere lust of adventure.
The martinets who controlled it were a good deal like the hero of Moliere's comedy, who complained that his antagonist had wounded him by thrusting in carte, when, according to the rule, it should have been in tierce.
The Influence of Martinets and Red Tape on the Confederate Service.
The fighting in the West and some small successes here are obtained by rough levies; and those imbecile, regular martinets surrounding McClellan still nurse his distrust in the volunteers.
How the French Revolution men swept the Austrian martinets before them!
But it must be admitted that since the war there has been a great improvement in this respect, and there will probably be more as the martinets of the old school die off.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "martinets" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
