Sentence examples for out of ration from inspiring English sources

Castro told Cubans that he envisaged a phasing out of ration books.

You know this guy: when everyone is out of rations or ammunition and the truck is broken down, he quietly heads out.

That obsession was born out of rationing in World War II, to the point where out of the £1bn of coffee sold in the UK, £740m of it is instant.

As time expires, your boat runs out of rations.

Stores often run out of rationed products and the prices are too high due to rampant inflation.

Often on long patrols, he said, his unit would run out of rations and go fishing for dinner near the border with Laos.

Butler was next assigned to garrison duty in the Philippines, where he once launched a resupply mission across the stormy waters of Subic Bay after his isolated outpost ran out of rations.

This is one of those long but bitty movies in which actors get their characters handed out like parcels of rations — a nervous tic for you, a knot of frustration for him.

Prisoners do not have much of a lobby and earn little public sympathy, so when the multi-billionaire Mayor cuts supposed frills out of their daily food ration it draws a laugh and no public outcry.

This rebellious streak made him exactly the man to drag socialism out of the age of ration books and conformity.

The hapless minister was also responsible for doling out rations of rum to the men under his care.