eked in a sentence

Examples

1. He backed off and still eked out a 1-second victory.
2. In the end, Cleveland eked out a narrow victory.
3. It eked out its living in the company of Central Asian dinosaurs.
4. People subsisted on roots, berries and vegetables eked from hardscrabble hillside plots.
5. Since then, it has eked out slim profits.
6. Los Angeles County also eked out a modest gain.
7. She eked by with a 75 after starting out with four straight bogeys.
8. U . S . stocks also eked out gains.
9. For the week, the Philippines stock market eked out a small gain.
10. Technology stocks, however, eked out modest gains.