Sentence examples for daily rations from inspiring English sources

When it began, the women's daily rations were slashed to 1,200 calories, while the men were allowed 1,500.

And workers said food was in such short supply the agency was considering charging for their daily rations.

They hadn't yet brought my daily rations, when, all of a sudden, there was a terrifying noise.

It said the country would run out of grain by mid-March, despite cutting daily rations from 300 grams in January to just 100 grams in March.

The packages, described by the agency as humanitarian daily rations, contain 2,300 calories, with high starch content from lentils and beans and little fat, Mr. Natsios said.

For three, five, even six years these men languished in captivity, subsisting on pieces of dried bread handed out as daily rations, enduring beatings given much more generously.

A typical daily ration was a lump of rice.

That jug was the camp's daily ration.

A man's daily ration makes a small package seven pounds and often much less.

Furthermore, he said, the Out of State packs a half-serving of the recommended daily ration of vegetables.

While at sea, the men get a daily ration of sake; the officers go in for whiskey & soda.