food queue

Frequency: 6.06.2 per million words

A line of people waiting to receive food, often in situations of scarcity or at an event.

queueADJECTIVE + queue

Categories:

food

Examples (10)

  • The country's soaring prices and growing food queues indicate severe economic hardship.
  • During the crisis, families had to stand in long food queues for hours.
  • A food queue formed quickly as soon as the soup kitchen opened its doors.
  • The children were happy to reach the front of the food queue to receive their meal.
  • Organizing the food queue efficiently helped prevent chaos at the distribution center.
  • She remembered the endless food queues from her childhood during wartime.
  • People waited patiently in the food queue, despite the cold weather.
  • Volunteers helped manage the growing food queue at the charity event.
  • There was a considerable food queue outside the stadium before the concert.
  • The government implemented measures to shorten the food queues in the impoverished areas.