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 responsibility for keeping them rolling on short rations of coal and lubricants fell on their engineers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile she kept buying pictures, and putting her servants on short rations so that she could do it.
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
