rationed

Example Sentences

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Petrol and diesel are being rationed, and prices, already significantly higher than in neighbouring Thailand, have risen sharply.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

First come the long lines for rationed gas and groceries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Bangladesh has rationed fuel and deployed the military to ward off unrest.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Gasoline was rationed, and the lines of automobiles could last two days and a night, constricting the city like a gigantic motionless boa tanning itself in the sun.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende