Examples of stripped-down in a Sentence
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The concert is stripped-down and simple, just as the melodic indie songs were meant to be experienced.
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Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
These advantages come with some significant trade-offs, though, as the Gym Monster 2’s presentation and overall experience feel rougher and more stripped-down than Tonal's.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
In the hands of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with unexpected assists from Boys Noize and Hudson Mohawke, the soundtrack is sleek and neon-hued, yet stripped-down in delivery.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Made for only $9 million, it’s stripped-down and thrilling.
—Lindsey Bahr, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Its figures are exemplary, their motivations too stripped-down for anything like ideological personification—just man, woman, animal.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
His visual language grew to become even more determined and stripped-down under the constraints of time and flexibility of the camera.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Even as an era of soul-baring artists playing stripped-down, heart-heavy songs takes hold in country music, Nolan Taylor manages to stand out.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
But the thing is, Waiting for Godot is already about as stripped-down as mainstream theater gets.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Janey Tracey, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
These advantages come with some significant trade-offs, though, as the Gym Monster 2’s presentation and overall experience feel rougher and more stripped-down than Tonal's.
—PC Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
In the hands of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with unexpected assists from Boys Noize and Hudson Mohawke, the soundtrack is sleek and neon-hued, yet stripped-down in delivery.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Sep. 2025
Made for only $9 million, it’s stripped-down and thrilling.
—Lindsey Bahr, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
Its figures are exemplary, their motivations too stripped-down for anything like ideological personification—just man, woman, animal.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
His visual language grew to become even more determined and stripped-down under the constraints of time and flexibility of the camera.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
Even as an era of soul-baring artists playing stripped-down, heart-heavy songs takes hold in country music, Nolan Taylor manages to stand out.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
But the thing is, Waiting for Godot is already about as stripped-down as mainstream theater gets.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Stripped-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripped-down. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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