eke
verb (used with object)
to increase; enlarge; lengthen.
will eke
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future tenseof eke.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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After two straight years of recession, the German government is forecasting that the economy will eke out meagre growth of 0.2 percent in 2025.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees will eke out an existence wherever they can find shelter.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2023
In Erie, both sides contend they will eke out a narrow win, and both sides say they’ll do it cleanly, if under an unusually powerful microscope of inspection.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2020
The magazine will eke out one final issue after those words.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2020
In default of anything better I will eke out my paper with some lines which I made in bed last night,—an inscription for a picture of Voltaire.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
