How to Use bare essentials in a Sentence

bare essentials

plural noun
  • Kind of reminds me of the Slate truck that’s stripped down to the bare essentials.
    — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And though the credit is touted by some as a tool to help families save, many say it’s needed just to cover the bare essentials.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • The Corsair Web Hub offers the bare essentials.
    — Alice Jovanee, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
  • An individual’s life is reduced to the bare essentials of what fits on a mobile display.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • My guess here is that Amazon’s plan is to dramatically slim down the first game into its bare essentials.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The bodywork is stripped down to the bare essentials, exposing much of the frame and mechanical hardware beneath.
    — Utkarsh Sood june 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
  • In a stroke of genius, he literally got rid of six of those tracks — one bass, two guitars, and the remaining synthesizer stacks — and stripped it down to bare essentials.
    — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
  • The Best Small Purses for Hands-Free Travel Days These mini purses fit the bare essentials—and little else.
    — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
  • To save every gram of weight, the pod is stripped to its bare essentials, meaning Wilson often spends long shifts squeezed into a dark, carbon-fiber tube, working with LED lamps and a portable AC unit to keep from sweating through his protective suit.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 8 May 2026

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