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

Hoffman’s super PAC spending helped Cuellar eke out a narrow victory in a bitter primary race.

From Slate

Even today, people living there continue to struggle to eke out a decent living and pay the constantly rising rents on buildings that remain as dangerously uncared for as the broken sidewalks beneath them.

From Salon

The artist’s embrace of digital editing around the turn of the millennium led to his long-running series of “Eternalisms,” short videos that eke out the illusion of depth by flickering between regular and inverted frames.

From New York Times

If they can remain calm and breathe less deeply and frequently, they might eke out several more hours.

From New York Times