ration to
Frequency: 6.07.3 per million words
used with the verb form to specify the limit
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Examples (10)
- During the war, households were rationed to small amounts of sugar and butter.
- The survivors were rationed to just 500 calories a day to make the food last.
- Due to the severe drought, residents have been rationed to 50 liters of water per person.
- In the scientific experiment, the animals were rationed to specific feeding times.
- During the pandemic, hospital staff were rationed to two surgical masks per shift.
- They were rationed to one bottle of water each per day.
- During the national strike, the city was rationed to four hours of electricity daily.
- Soldiers in the trenches were rationed to a single letter home per month.
- The refugees were rationed to a meager portion of rice each.
- We were rationed to only one shower every three days while camping in the desert.