ekes
- present tense form of eke (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Finding a fresh plot twist is the only way it ekes out a draw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
Once juggling multiple odd jobs, Helal Uddin now ekes out a living running a food cart.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
Today the 70-year-old struggles with respiratory illness and ekes out a living ferrying people and parcels on his scooter.
From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2022
That he does before surrendering to his psychological flaw: his inability to be content with whatever success he ekes out.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2022
With coco-nuts and an occasional ray, he ekes out an existence, hungry, cheerless, without light, without tobacco.
From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
