barest
Example Sentences
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And survive they did, by the barest of margins, as Marcus Fraser's goal earned a 2-1 aggregate victory over Partick Thistle in the Premiership play-off final, a 1-0 home win on Monday sealing the job.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
This is the barest minimum required when reading a picture book to children.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025
One theory is that men just aren’t taught about the finer points of hygiene—that because cleanliness is dismissed as a feminine trait, parents give boys only the barest instruction in why and how to clean.
From Slate • May 17, 2024
Their names were lost, and not much about their lives was known beyond the barest facts: an old age spent in the poorhouse, a problem with cavities.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
There seemed to be the barest flicker coming from over where the roller coaster had been.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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