eke out existence
Example Sentences
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Fences there were none, nor any living animals save the braying hybrids which limped across the naked plains to eke out existence upon some secluded patches of grass.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred
Long enough to discover whether her natural intelligence would guide her to eke out existence among hardships such as human beings never thought of, except perhaps in nightmares?
From Astounding Stories, June, 1931 by Various
