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
Other operators he's spoken to "really are on their bare bones," as some ran out of Guinness on Friday night, he says.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
A: The chair drafted a bare bones skeleton of a treaty.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
“Everything at this point is so efficient, everything’s been cut to so many bare bones, the only thing left to squeeze are people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023
Mudd told the soldiers the bare bones of what had happened: Two strangers on horseback arrived near daybreak, one had a broken leg, and he set the bone.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
