Rationing Sentence Examples

Agree a list of key words, e.g. rationing, evacuation, air raid, Anderson shelter.

The possibility therefore exists of a new patchwork of local fiefdoms growing up, each imposing their own, unrelated, rationing criteria.

When faced with a drought, rationing and allocating water must be done carefully.

Use your prepaid card as a means of rationing your gas budget, and you'll be able to save on your monthly bill.

Dresses from the 1940s can be a bit trickier, as wartime day dresses were not in wide use (women more frequently wore suits or a factory uniform) and rationing meant that the dresses were worn until they fell apart.

You can also search the American railways, food rationing books, criminal records, and business cards.

Rationing during the last years of WWII and the influence of a French engineer named Louis Reard would come together.

Dresses were still the norm, but gone were a lot of the frilly embellishments; part of the reason was rationing of materials, but another part was the impracticality of such showy garments when working in factories.

The wedge heel not only added height and glamour, which was welcomed in the era of rationing, but the shoes were often so well designed they more comfortable than a flat shoe.

While many lingerie manufacturers were forced by rationing to abandon silk during World War II, Vanity Fair nightgowns only stopped being made in silk in 1948.

First held in 1938, with the exception of the World War II when gas rationing was in effect, the Sturgis Rally has taken place every August since.

Its activities in fixing the price and quality of bread, etc., and in rationing, closely resembled those of the food controller in Great Britain (see Food Supply and Rationing) .

Ace Hardware grew throughout the Midwest in the 1930s, and in the 1940s even among wartime shortages and rationing, Ace's innovative strategies met public needs, thus strengthening their reputation as a neighborhood store.