How to Use bare-bones in a Sentence

bare-bones

1 of 2 adjective

• These aren’t bare-bones fares either.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2025
• But the rub is that the Truck is fairly bare-bones.
  — Sara Lacey, The Drive, 25 June 2026
• This bare-bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2026
• But this was in many ways a bare-bones show about a world of excess and artifice.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 9 June 2025
• They are designed to be bare-bones, durable and portable.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
• John Cusack is proud that his latest project is the work of a bare-bones crew.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026
• This one adds an extra hanging rod and even shelves to a bare-bones, one-rod closet.
  — Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Senate blueprint is far more bare-bones than the House plan.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
• Some of the first, most bare-bones recipes simply called for rum, lime juice, sugar, and water.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
• Keep to a bare-bones look — as with Alaïa’s second-skin tube top and balloon-waist jeans.
  — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
• Follow the steps below to create your own bare-bones budget.
  — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
• This was a bare-bones operation.
  — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
• For many older adults, those cutbacks translate to bare-bones living.
  — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
• Grilling and barbecue have, for decades, been pretty bare-bones affairs.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Despite its extreme performance, though, this isn’t a bare-bones track weapon.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
• The first movie had a bare-bones plot, a skeleton scaffolding on which to hang set piece after set piece.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• Try to get away with writing a bare-bones self-description, and the app will prompt you to try harder.
  — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026
• Where to stay By far the smartest place to stay in a town still dominated by bare-bones bolt-holes.
  — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2026
• This is a bare-bones production with no lavish set or winding staircase.
  — Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
• For decades, Notepad has been a bare-bones text editor found in Windows.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
• The decor was bare-bones, but the prices were reasonable and the portions were generous.
  — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2025
• These will be your most bare-bones wall outlets, perfect for those looking to use them for essential use.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
• Getting used to the bare-bones shoot took time, but the nerve-racking encounters started on day one.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2025
• As a bare-bones gaming chair, the Novis doesn't have many adjustments.
  — PC Magazine, 21 May 2025
• In fact, this bare-bones port lacks the original games' multiplayer modes.
  — PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
• But in a tiny casting room in the far corner of a bare-bones rehearsal studio, lethargy has been left at the door.
  — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025
• The AirPods Max 2s take the most bare-bones approach.
  — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 18 Apr. 2026
• Today the timbers of the ship are stored in a bare-bones warehouse in an industrial park.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 11 June 2023
• The bare-bones account of unfolding horror.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
• There are, of course, many more options for buyers who aren't inclined to stick to the bare-bones off-roader setup.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023

bare bones

2 of 2 plural noun

• There is a place for bare bones hotel rooms — just not on this list.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
• First, strip down the Blueprint to bare bones and start over.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024
• Like those big booming punts and the bare bones punt return room?
  — Jeff Sentell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2017
• This isn’t a bare bones pair of gym buds that lets every train rattle through.
  — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
• Students who want more than the bare bones are looking at their options.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 29 Apr. 2020
• Other than a glamorous past, what was the allure of those bare bones?
  — Douglas Brenner, House Beautiful, 9 Dec. 2013
• This bare bones edition is certainly fine and will get you through many a meal.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 28 June 2022
• His denim-on-denim look the day before was just as bare bones, and just as good.
  — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 2 Oct. 2017
• The inside is stripped down to its bare bones while the space is being prepped to repaint.
  — Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
• Hardy found that these bare bones were enough to get all that familiar quantum stuff back again.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Aug. 2017
• For now, though, the bare bones approach has proved durable enough through the pandemic.
  — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• Thanks to some clever knife skills, all the meat on the wing is pushed to the top, leaving one end with just bare bone.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The upper bunk is bare bones with no windows and a strap so that no one falls out when the train lurches.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• The rest of the game is obvious, because tennis is as bare bones as sports come.
  — Kevin Nguyen, GQ, 26 June 2018
• Suddenly, a position with scant depth was down to its bare bones.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2022
• Don’t be afraid of going with a bare bones no-annual-fee rewards card.
  — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
• Maybe the barest bones of such preparation are beginning to emerge.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 15 Apr. 2018
• As to the budget being bare bones and reflecting their needs, that, too, is just not true.
  — For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2024
• The task has not been easy from the start, as bare bones and outdated information leads to dead ends.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020
• Mostly bare bones, with minimal clutter and rider aids – how dirt bikes should be.
  — New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
• The two men traded a few ideas, and Harjo wrote up some notes, just the bare bones of a concept for a show.
  — David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022
• There are countless variations to be discovered among the bare bones of this kind of story.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• So what are like the bare bones of a traditional Hindu wedding?
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2022
• For those of you who have not read my work here, here are the bare bones of my position player evaluation method.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• And yet, even at the most bare bones airport café, your average everyday cheese is often nowhere in sight.
  — Claudia McNeilly, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2018
• For those who want the bare bones, several brands offer watches that track distance, time and sometimes heart rate.
  — CNN Underscored, 1 Nov. 2017
• This initial funding enabled them to hire a bare bones team to gather the data needed to sway investors.
  — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
• Auditors in many countries are already required to add flesh to the bare bones of the audit opinion.
  — The Economist, 24 May 2018
• But Amazon runs on a logistics system that’s based off working people to the bare bones.
  — Chavie Lieber, Vox, 20 Nov. 2018
• All spaces were taken down to the bare bones during the project, which started in the spring of 2018.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 26 Aug. 2019