Soon, his house, once devoid of any but the bare essentials, began to look like a home.

A mountain village in Colorado, maybe, with just the bare essentials.

I told her what had happened, but just the bare essentials.

The bare essentials: a mattress, music and a few fish.

Commanders only managed to get across the bare essentials of the plan.

"History records that everyone was allowed to keep the bare essentials."

But they no longer have to make do with bare essentials.

Her bag was light now, only packed with the bare essentials.

Her life was reduced to a minimum, less than the bare essentials.

Reduced to their bare essentials, they're leaving the big show to the fire.