eke
Example Sentences
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"All I kept thinking about was how I was going to eke out the money that I'd still got. Then I kept thinking 'I'm not going to get this back, I know I'm not.'"
From BBC
Like Danny, there are working class Asian Americans, who work hard but barely manage to eke out a living.
From Seattle Times
In fact, there have been no further mass attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure, meaning that Ukraine will have been able to eke out some of its precious stocks a little longer.
From BBC
He’s being cautious, trying to eke more time out of aging machines.
From New York Times
Before Ginsburg’s death, Biskupic depicts the four Democratic appointees performing a careful dance to eke out a compromise every now and then.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
