How to Use eke out in a Sentence

eke out

verb

• In the end, that’s enough to eke out an ugly one in the Big Easy.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2024
• Still, the Dow and S&P 500 fell for the week, and the Nasdaq just barely eked out a gain.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 May 2023
• More to Read Biden eked out a win over Trump in Georgia in 2020.
  — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
• Can Trae Young avoid the overrated chants and help the Hawks eke out a win?
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• There is still enough sun to eke out another mild day with highs again in the low to mid-60s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• And there are ways to eke out more life from a laptop battery too.
  — David Nield, WIRED, 9 July 2023
• In the first quarter, most bond funds eked out gains, but barely.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• But despite the mix of bravos and but-then-agains in the logbook, when the points were totaled, the Legend eked out the win.
  — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 24 June 2023
• Las Vegas was able to get two field goals and a safety in the second half to eke out the win.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
• At the start of the fourth quarter, with the game tied at fifty-one, Clark went on a run, and Iowa held on to eke out a two-point win.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2024
• But the Twins eke out the series opener vs. the O’s to lock up a wild-card spot … and then lose their final two.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2024
• That was one of just three hits the Brewers managed to eke out Monday night.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2024
• Thao eked out a victory in the election by just 677 votes.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
• Ampersand, as a small business, had to eke out a loan to jump into the fray.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2024
• But Johnson, who has presided over the chamber since fall 2023, eked out a win.
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
• Despite the show’s heavy subject matter, the team managed to eke out some fun on set.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 22 July 2023
• All Gosling can eke out is a small grunt/sigh that will basically knock the air right out of your lungs.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 4 May 2024
• Baltimore needs this game, and the Ravens are proving this season to be a team that finds ways to eke out wins.
  — cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• The GOP gained only nine seats in the 2022 midterms and eked out a narrow five-seat majority in the chamber.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 15 Oct. 2023
• Los Angeles eked out their first win of the season against the Minnesota Vikings last week.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Even Dorit managed to eke out a years late apology to Garcelle.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
• Wall Street closed Thursday in about the same shape, with the blue-chip Dow managing to eke out a small gain to snap a 10-day losing streak, the longest in 50 years.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
• State of play: Omar eked out a 2,466-vote win over Samuels in her last election after outside groups spent big on an eleventh-hour bid to boost him.
  — Torey Van Oot, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
• Klotz won the first part of the three-part final Head of Household competition of the season, but Bains eked out back-to-back wins in parts two and three.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2023
• Bitcoin is set to climb for the fourth month in a row after eking out an April gain, the longest such stretch since a six-month advance through March 2021.
  — Akshay Chinchalkar, Fortune, 30 Apr. 2023
• This is notwithstanding the victories eked out in the recent year by the UAW, the Teamsters and others.
  — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• Basketball season is in full swing and in a close game, the team that makes the highest percentage of free throws can often eke out the win.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2024
• Stanley, developed by the Stanford Racing Team, eked out a first-place win to claim the $2 million purse.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2025
• Duke will have to eke out a win in at least one of those road environments to feel better about its chances on a neutral court in March.
  — Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
• Ultimately, the shark eked out a win on this one as Under Paris managed 28.7M views.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025