bare-bones
Example Sentences
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Down to the bare bones due to a host of injuries, Roma moved into third thanks to quickfire late goals from Manu Kone and Matias Soule which broke Sassuolo's brave resistance.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
What is announced today is likely to be only the bare bones of a narrow agreement.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
But there was no sound team, no makeup, no construction — just the bare bones of what it takes to make something.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
A: The chair drafted a bare bones skeleton of a treaty.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
“I mean, I know the bare bones of it from Zack, but I want to hear it from you.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
