bare existence
Example Sentences
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Those who escaped al-Shabab now cling to a bare existence.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
This occurs when Chalmers sets out to convince us not just that simulations are real in their own right but that they are likely to improve on bare existence.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
In retrospect, I wasn’t so much contemptuous as I was afraid, afraid of what their bare existence said about me and my place in the world.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2018
Even with survivors scratching out a bare existence, would there forever after be harsh limits to the range of human hopes?
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012
I will not conceal from you, Paddy,” continued the doctor, “that there is a hard struggle before us, a struggle perhaps for bare existence, but with God’s help we’ll get through it and conquer.”
From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon
