Sentence examples for last ration from inspiring English sources

She had saved thousands of Chinese civilians from the Japanese, sometimes giving them her own last ration of rice.

All he has left in his haversack is a few crumbs of zwieback from his last ration.

Dawood picked up his last ration, earlier in September, from the stocks that remained with the city's neighborhood councils, but he thinks it may be his last.

The inhabitants received their last rations of rice, pasta and tuna at the end of June.

The officials said that the northern army was essentially encircling a large peacekeeping base and that employees inside were down to their last rations and water.

As the march progressed, the exhausted and hungry soldiers, who had eaten their last rations on 14 September, began to discard their heavy equipment and then their rifles.

My heart is with the staff who must work in frightening and arduous conditions (the temperature rises to over 105othese days), but even more for the families who have lost what little they had and those who are sharing their last rations with strangers, because that's what they do.

He thinks the government should not rule out rationing especially with the spike in demand that is likely during the football World Cup later this year.Brazil's electricity grid is more resilient than it was in 2001, when the government was last forced to ration energy.

The monthly food ration lasts two weeks and malnutrition is everywhere.

They have to make the monthly rations last as long as possible, and the threat of sexual violence is pervasive.

The girls of slender means keep a careful accounting of their assets, from their faces to the last nub of rationed soap.