rationed

Example Sentences

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“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

Across Ukraine electricity is being rationed – with supplies turned on for a few hours each day.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

In the central cities of Segou and Mopti, fuel is still rationed.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

The motels and the gas pumps are often empty or closed: gas is rationed, so people don’t travel much unless they have to.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood