Example Sentences

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World War II cemented the snack’s dominance: Sugar rationing crippled candy production, while popcorn, unrationed and still cheap, filled the void.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The composer himself makes the most of that scene: the spitting, mewling chorus of sinners provides an interlude of rapid, angular music in a score almost too generous in its unrationed radiance, but compelling nonetheless.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012

The unrationed Irish were plugging low-cost train and motor tours.

From Time Magazine Archive

The favorite strategy for buying up unrationed goods in short supply is to dispatch every member of the family to stand in line at different shops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Barracks and stables lined the walls, and there were troughs and a fountain—the first unrationed water they had seen for two months.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor