ration
Example Sentences
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The government wouldn’t allot valuable rations to a dead woman.
From Literature
We carefully ration the biscuits, cheese, and dried figs we have brought for the voyage, hoping they will last us.
From Literature
There’s a story about someone who’s been rationing their insulin and the downsides of that.
From Los Angeles Times
She knew how to manage her limits, knew how to make her cravings productive, and how to ration her opportunities so as not to draw suspicion....
From Literature
Like all Cubans, Flores saves water in a tank, rationing it for drinking, cooking, washing and bathing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
