short rations
Example Sentences
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Even for poetry - accustomed to existing on short rations - things were looking bleak.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2019
The long-patient 607 passengers on the Santa Maria shouted that they had had enough of pointless wandering, short rations, and the sweltering discomfort caused by the breakdown of the ship's air conditioning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Met's Wagnerian short rations would be more endurable if, as happened during World War I, the public developed an antipathy to German music.
From Time Magazine Archive
This minimum includes short rations for most civilians but a full bill of fare for industry, the Army, and restocking badly depleted inventories.
From Time Magazine Archive
Minutes earlier, the crew had been on short rations eaten cold.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
