eke - use in sentences

Particle object: out_obj

  • existence: The average applicant to the Hardship Fund is now forced to eke out an existence on just £ 57 per week.
  • living: Around 3,500 families eke out a living from growing tea here, high in the hills of western Uganda.
  • lead: From there he managed to eke out a small lead, as his two pursuers swapped places.
  • livelihood: Somehow ostriches, foxes, sheep and the guanaco, a relative of the llama, eke out a livelihood.
  • win: Shabana mixed patches of brilliance with spells of lapsed concentration, but it was enough to eke out a win.
  • bit: Eke out every bit of illumination by fitting translucent, instead of opaque, shades.

Modifying Another Word

  • still: Nomadic tribes still eke out a living from the surrounding deserts.
  • somehow: Bedouins are a nomadic people who somehow eke a living from moving around the desert, from oasis to wadi.
  • then: Pensioners are forced to retire and then eke out a miserable living.

Object

  • living: Bedouins are a nomadic people who somehow eke a living from moving around the desert, from oasis to wadi.

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