How to use "eke" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "eke" in popular movie and book plots

  • They are compelled to sing in the streets, and thus eke out a precarious livelihood.  - The Doctor's Carriage
  • They don't find any location or shelter in Calcutta and eke out their daily lives in temporary shelters in and around Sealdah railway station.  - Chinnamul
  • Varna, on the other hand, is interested in a military career though she picks and packs wild mushrooms to eke out a living.  - Irandaam Ulagam
  • She makes appearances on television programs to eke out a living for her troublemaker father and brother.  - The Greatest Love
  • He is talkative and uses the opportunities around him to eke out a living.  - Jackie (2010 film)
  • Parents Thomas and Francy are barely able to eke out a living for themselves and their children Willa, Arthur and Booky.  - Booky Makes Her Mark
  • Reduced to poverty from the loss of her father, the heroine falls back upon her own resources to eke out a simple living by stealing.  - La Fille de l'eau
  • Ramesan is trying in vain to find his friend Leelakrishnan (Salim Kumar) who acts as a hijada to eke out a living.  - Soothradharan
  • Basically, the story is of a peasant who is oppressed by landowners and his foremen while trying to eke out a living as a daily laborer.  - Aakrosh (1980 film)
  • (Shape eke jeevath venava).  - Hiripoda Wassa
  • Salud (Bud Spencer) and Plata (Terence Hill) eke out a living as bush pilots in South America.  - ...All the Way, Boys!
  • They speak quickly, act fast and operate somewhat honourably (with each other) to eke a meager living out of the harsh Mumbai street life.  - Traffic Signal (film)
  • Drought, famine, and earthquakes become the norm and Patty and her two friends barely manage to eke out an existence.  - A Distant Thunder (1978 film)
  • The Zvonars are a poor family of musicians, who eke out a living by performing in the local celebrations.  - The White Bird Marked with Black
  • The community, led by Anderson and his family, eke out an existence by siphoning sap from the Plants to irrigate their corn crop.  - The Genocides
  • Meanwhile, the girls try to eke out a living by engaging in card games, petty theft, odd jobs, and scavenging.  - Times Square (film)

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