RATIONING in a Sentence
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84 example sentences for RATIONING, such as:
1. It all seemed quite rational to me.
2. Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
3. Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
4. But it's natural and rational that you should like it.
5. Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.
2. Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
3. Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
4. But it's natural and rational that you should like it.
5. Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.
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Meanings and Examples of RATIONING
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rationing
v. restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war
v. distribute in rations, as in the army
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1 When I reflected on the work I had completed, no less a one than the creation of a sensitive and rational animal, I could not rank myself with the herd of common projectors.
2 In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being.
3 Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
4 Her breath, her skin, her lips, all flattered Elinor with signs of amendment; and Marianne fixed her eyes on her with a rational, though languid, gaze.
5 But it's natural and rational that you should like it.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
6 Your sister, Betsey Trotwood,' said my aunt, 'would have been as natural and rational a girl as ever breathed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
7 I tried to calm him, that we might come to something rational; but he got hotter and hotter, and wouldn't hear a word.
8 I mix with all the neighboring landowners, who are cultivating their land on a rational system; they all, with rare exceptions, are doing so at a loss.
9 That is from every point of view the most rational course for married people who find themselves in the position you are in.
10 Birthdays are of no importance to a rational being.
11 Yes, there they build in a rational fashion.
12 The wish of procuring her regard, which she had assured herself of his feeling in Derbyshire, could not in rational expectation survive such a blow as this.
13 I can hardly regard her in the light of a rational creature, so obstinately has she persisted in forming a fabulous notion of my character and acting on the false impressions she cherished.
14 The farmer, by this time, was convinced I must be a rational creature.
15 But when he heard my voice, and found what I delivered to be regular and rational, he could not conceal his astonishment.
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1 Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.
2 It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.
3 They righteously maintain that they do not practise rationing.
4 During the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline.
5 Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.
6 Conventional economic and accounting theory tends to assume that the process involved is highly rational and orderly.
7 What I'd like us to do is put our cards on the table and discuss the situation in a rational manner.
8 The rational and the irrational complement each other.
9 It all seemed quite rational to me.
10 Priestley's rational outlook in science carried over to religion.
11 One strong proof of my wretchedly defective nature is, that even her expostulations, so mild, so rational, have not influence to cure me of my faults.
12 Most rational people don't enjoy that kind of opinionated discourse since it achieves nothing but elevated blood pressure.
13 This was a meal bonus to supplement our meagre rations and kept our spirits up.
14 To me the most alarming feature of the siege is short rations.
15 Many receive government food rations, and about a quarter are living in welfare camps.