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

You know, I wasn't surprised—and this may have been simply because before I even made some phone calls, I knew the bare bones from Gary, right?

From Salon • Nov. 24, 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