How to Use bare in a Sentence

bare

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of barenext
Synonyms for barenext
  • This is the barest room in the house.
  • Do not let the bare wires touch.
  • The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.
  • There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare.
  • He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare.
  • He only told me the bare facts about what happened.
  • He covered her bare arms with his coat.
  • There was only one bare shelf.
  • Her office was pretty bare, having only one desk and one chair.
  • Set these designs against a bare nail to ground the look.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2023
  • She can be seen cradling her bare chest in a pair of jeans.
    — Vulture, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Rough up the area around the bare metal so your next sealants and treatments can stick to it.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The fourth protester affixed their bare feet to the floor of the seating bowl.
    — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In Moscow, there were very few cars on the roads and shop windows were bare.
    — John Kleinheinz, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • McAlevey had changed out of her jeans and wore a sweeping red dress and heels, with her head bare.
    — Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And in May, when the last of the bare oaks unrolled their shade, and the vines in soft curls began their tall assault.
    — Bill Finch, al, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Plus, the plush wool Berber carpet is a soft landing spot for bare feet.
    — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It’s helped grow the bare spots in my eyebrows and lengthened my lashes.
    — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The actress was dressed in black lingerie and a white sheet that covered her bare chest.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There are plenty of them at the lake, but only a few blocks to the southeast the streets are mostly bare.
    — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The Russians dumped some 450 bodies into the crude graves that now lay bare.
    — Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But only half of the site is paved, while the other half is bare dirt — and people live on both sides.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Grass seed that’s promised to patch bare spots usually won’t.
    — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Details about the dead have been slow to surface, but even the bare facts are harrowing.
    — Kyle Rempfer, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The first step in treating the sting is to remove any parts of the tentacle still attached to the skin—but not with your bare hands.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The wide receivers room might not be as bare as initially thought.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Inside the open-concept unit, the walls stand bare except for three Christian art prints hung near the front door.
    — Molly Castle Work | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Mai Jenkins says in the video as Jeezy holds the monitor against her bare baby bump.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Pied tamarins are 11 to 12 inch long monkeys with furry bodies and bare faces.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In the distance, the bare skeletons of trees that were drowned a century ago protruded from the lake bed.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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bare

2 of 2 verb
  • He bared his chest to show the scar.
  • Ed McMahon calls upon the canine coach to help him settle down his aggressive … terrier, which is nice to Ed but bares its teeth at guests.
    — TV Guide, 29 Oct.-4 Nov. 2007
  • The handles of Bertuzzi’s True sticks are sawed off and bare at the end.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Manville lays bare the true cost of parking to the life of a city.
    — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
  • One of the first steps Ivey demands of her clients is to bare all.
    — Leslie Patton, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • Some took up a pen to bare their hearts for those who were to come.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2022
  • By the end of the episode, Sisko has shed most of his uniform in the process of baring his soul.
    — Phil Pirrello, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Who bares her teeth at my husband and me—the very hands that feed her!
    — Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But in the middle of the night, on a dark forest road, the cuteness fades as the teeth bare.
    — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2020
  • In the pics, the singer and actress bares her epic core in a white bra top and flowing pants set.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Not bad at all for a young team, but Jordan couldn't bare to watch the end of that last one.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Or go for full lace with a Brazilian panty that also bares the tush a bit.
    — Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Like much of Maxo’s work, the song lays bare a host of internal struggles.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2021
  • In August the mom-to-be was photographed baring her bump in a bikini in Ibiza.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Kate Moss dared to bare with her latest red carpet look.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The 2022 law bared such instruction in kindergarten through third grade.
    — Leslie Postal Orlando Sentinel (tns), al, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Matt takes them aside one at a time, and this is their last chance to bare it all emotionally.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Salma Hayek inspired Jada Pinkett Smith to bare her soul - and her body - for a good cause.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 23 June 2021
  • In the photos, the actor poses next to his wife, who wears an open white shirt that bares her baby bump.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • This Autumn, dare to bare with sunshine still lingering around most of the day.
    — Angela Lei, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The cropped white, long-sleeve top stopped just before her bump, baring her belly.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Davis is unlikely to bare his soul to the media, as Bostock did to me that night in Seattle.
    — SFChronicle.com, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Giving a lengthy heads-up about retirement plans just seems to be baring your neck for the ax.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In one black and white image that’s since gone viral, the hitmaker bared all and showed off his physique in the shower.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
  • For those willing to bare even more skin, crop tops are everywhere this year.
    — Olivia O'Bryon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Every year when is gets too cold to bare my ankles, I get flustered.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2021
  • However, many of the body baring looks are designed to be thrown on over a bikini in Ibiza.
    — Stephanie Hirschmiller, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This spicy bodysuit has a plunging neckline and G-string bottom — get ready to bare it all in style.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The pop icon has been known to bare it all on Instagram in the name of body positivity.
    — Seventeen Editors, Seventeen, 7 June 2022
  • Mills pleaded with her not to bare herself again publicly.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021

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