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
Meanwhile she kept buying pictures, and putting her servants on short rations so that she could do it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Not only are the Cambodians starving, but even the Vietnamese troops are said to be on short rations.
From Time Magazine Archive
A lot of times they were on very short rations, eating just hardtack and water day after day.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
