"Enormous masses of ammunition, the like of which no mortal mind before the war had conceived, were hurled against human beings who lay, eking out but a bare existence, scattered in shell-holes that were deep in slime." [Please select]
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She had slow, deliberate movements of the body, but a darting mind; she was a most passionate woman, but frugal of her passion, eking it out to cover long designs. [Please select]
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Also he ate all the cakes, more and more deliberately, eking them out at last with slowly smoked cigarettes. [Please select]
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Their host was an Englishman, who had the reputation of having murdered his wife some years before in another part of the country, and, deserted by his grown-up children, was eking out his days in poverty amid these solitudes. [Please select]
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I had determined to sleep out of doors for the next night or two, thus eking out my money, but I could not very well sleep without shelter unless it were fine and dry. [Please select]
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Many older men were eking out a bare living at the law, and the ranks were sadly overcrowded, but he faced the future confidently. [Please select]
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