How to use ration in a sentence

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• We had to ration our food because there was a war on.From the entry on
• The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.From the entry rum
• Rationing will last at least for the duration.From the entry duration
• Food rationing continued in the post-war period.From the entry period
• The film includes a wink to wartime rationing.From the entry wink
• Although rationing was strict, they had a couple of chickens and a vegetable patch and they ate well, all things considered.From the entry all things considered
• We buy mealworms to supplement our chickens' feed ration, and they do some scratching in the yard to find other bugs too.From the entry mealworm
• A single khoinix was a day’s grain ration for a man in Athens.2018, Timothy Doran, Spartan Oliganthropia, Brill, →ISBN, pages 35–36. From the entry chous
• We had some inconvenience, such as food and petrol rationing, blackouting of homes and work places.2015, Helen Brown, Reflections: Australian Stories from My Father's Past, →ISBN. From the entry blackout
• She took a small drink from her water-skin, which was still half full, thanks to careful rationing.2015, Anthony Eaton, Nightpeople, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN. From the entry nightwards
• We take great pleasure in creating scarfable rations from the mostly mismatched, donated ingredients available to us.2014, Garth Battista, Bicycle Love. From the entry scarfable
• They exported manufactured clothing to China, and with the money they earned, they issued regular rations.2013 July, “The Reality of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights”, in White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2013, Korea Institute for…. From the entry North Pyongan
• They're prone to giving away their rations and living off the smell of an oily rag.2008, Susan Napier, Accidental Mistress, page 59. From the entry smell of an oily rag
• East Bay Mud began rationing water and implored homeowners to replace their dying gardens with xeriphytes.2008, Christopher Grampp, From Yard to Garden: The Domestication of America's Home Grounds, →ISBN. From the entry xeriphyte
• Christmas came early this year when our PX rations arrived in November.2007, Robert Lynch, “Italian Mountain Campaign”, in A Letter Marked Free: A Powerful and Gripping Account of a Combat Soldier in WWII…. From the entry Christmas came early
• Had tiffin at 11.30 a.m. 1½ rations of rice with fried fish.2004, Harry Berry, My Darling Wife, or, How I Passed the Time of Day Between 18th April 1940 and 5th November 1945: Being the Unexpurgated…. From the entry tiffin
• Life was monotonous and the troops took to fishing to supplement their rations.1993, Ian S. Uys, Bushman soldiers, their alpha and omega, page 39. From the entry mayoress
• Long journeys like this, as well as quick removes, required a lightweight but nourishing ration.[1980, Howard S[ymmes] Russell, “The Family Meals”, in Indian New England before the Mayflower, Lebanon, N.H.: University Press of New…. From the entry nocake
• These "supervoids" typically has length to width rations of up to ten.1976, Radiation Effects and Tritium Technology for Fusion Reactors: Proceedings of the International Conference Held at Gatlinburg…. From the entry supervoid
• Foodstuffs were rationed and, as in other countries in a similar situation, the black market was flourishing.1952, The Contemporary Review, volume 182, page 338. From the entry black
• The battlewise men at the rear of the column immediately started eating their "K" rations.1946, Infantry Journal, volumes 58-59, page 29. From the entry K-ration
• The K ration is packed in three separate boxes containing breakfast, dinner, and supper.1943 February, “12,000,000 meals a day”, in Popular Mechanics, page 86. From the entry K-ration
• Cakeism is not a formula that works in government because, in reality, the cake has to be rationed and people notice.2021, The Guardian, "The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it – now they are stuffed and voters are hungry", Rafael Behr, 22…. From the entry cakeism
• Then he couldn't take the presh and skadoodled, leaving Mom with zero babysitting money and skimpy food rations.2015, David Spade, Almost Interesting: The Memoir, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry presh
• Even tea must now be purchased on ration.2015, John Strassel, chapter 74, in Exiled to Eden, Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press, →ISBN, page 829. From the entry what is one to do
• When the rations eventually increased again and the prisoners were given stew, it did not make much difference to Engleitner.2013, Bernhard Rammerstorfer, Unbroken Will. From the entry gnawing
• Prime Minister John Key is among thousands of Kiwis having to ration their Marmite, as 'Marmageddon' enters its second day.2012 March 20, Alan Gibson, “Marmageddon': There's always Vegemite, says PM”, in New Zealand Herald. From the entry Marmageddon
• We met his wife, Umm al-maflūj, "mother of the semiparalyzed" (their child was also afflicted), collecting their rations.2009, Mark R. Cohen, Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt, page 171. From the entry semiparalyzed
• Water was seriously rationed, and each slave was given half a pint of water served in a pannikin.2007, Toyin Falola, Amanda Warnock, editors, Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, page 131. From the entry pannikin
• And contrary to a wide—held belief in World War II, gongs like that didn't come up with the rations.2006, Bryan Marlowe, Tarnished Heroes, page 1. From the entry come up with the rations
• Nicknamed 'Old Grogram' because of the grogram waterproof he so often wore, the rum ration took his nickname also.1997, Denis Orde, “Mutiny”, in Nelson’s Mediterranean Command: Concerning Pride, Preferment & Prize Money, Edinburgh: Pentland Press…. From the entry grogram

Meaning of ration

1. noun A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
2. verb To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
3. verb To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

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Questions about ration in a sentence

How do you use ration in a sentence?

Ration is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Jack gathered his meager ration of food.”

What is a short sentence with ration?

“Food rationing continued in the post-war period.”

What does ration mean?

Ration means a portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.