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
A: The chair drafted a bare bones skeleton of a treaty.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 25, 2024
They are down to their bare bones right now.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2023
“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
Only six weeks later would his whereabouts become known, and then only by the bare bones: he was at MIT, working on an unidentified “war project.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
