Sentence examples for I squeaked by from inspiring English sources

When my older daughters, who are 7 and 9, were small, I squeaked by for the first few years with family-only celebrations.

Even so, McAuliffe barely squeaked by, winning by a 47 to 46percentt margin.

"I might just squeak by". The very next day, he shot one.

This amazing camera remains a joy, as do my very steady hands; it's always been an amazement to me, with my nerves and general klutziness, how steady my hands are, especially my right: the same hand that made me a crack shot with a pistol in my army days (although I just barely squeaked by with the M‑16), combined with the good camera, and I'm taking pictures almost in the dark, with no flash.

I was certainly not a fuckup — I was too desperate to avoid failure and disgrace for that — but on certain petty military challenges, duck soup for most lieutenants, I often barely squeaked by.

Or could I squeak by with a contractor alone?

As a student, I excelled in the humanities and only squeaked by in math as a result of my parents' being able to afford a tutor.

"I always started early — except the last election". Rollinger squeaked by former Mayor Pro Tem Cheryl Kinsman in the 2008 election by fewer than 200 votes.

Some works only squeaked by.

Basically they squeaked by all year.

The package squeaked by, 212 to 209.