bare existence
Example Sentences
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Those who escaped al-Shabab now cling to a bare existence.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022
In retrospect, I wasn’t so much contemptuous as I was afraid, afraid of what their bare existence said about me and my place in the world.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2018
Even with survivors scratching out a bare existence, would there forever after be harsh limits to the range of human hopes?
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012
It is the kingdom of microbes, of tiny bacteria and other microscopic organisms that in some Antarctic regions eke out a bare existence, and in others are almost flourishing.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2010
So now our impression is that of an abundant, varied and intense life in which the individuals are perpetually struggling with one another for bare existence.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir
