be bare
Frequency: 8.025.1 per million words
Used to describe a state of being uncovered or empty.
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Examples (10)
- The room was completely bare when we moved in.
- After autumn, the branches of the trees are bare until spring.
- The pantry shelves were bare, signaling it was time to go shopping.
- His feet had to be bare to enter the sacred temple.
- The walls in the new apartment are still bare; we haven't decorated yet.
- It's dangerous if an electrical wire is bare.
- Without any paintings, the gallery would be bare and uninviting.
- The stage was bare except for a single chair in the center.
- The landscape will be bare once the snow melts and before the new grass grows.
- Her desk was bare of any clutter, a sign of her organized nature.