skeleton staff in a sentence

Examples

1. The mission in Baghdad had been operating on a skeleton staff since last week.
2. U . S . securities firms were expected to be open with skeleton staff.
3. McMurdo base is in winter operating mode, with a skeleton staff of 166 people.
4. A skeleton staff of nurses remained to provide emergency services.
5. Only a skeleton staff of 13 was to remain behind.
6. In the shutdown, the White House has a skeleton staff.
7. Wyntoon was maintained only by a skeleton staff paid for by the Hearst Corporation.
8. Her lab nearly went under, shrinking to a skeleton staff.
9. The CEA, with its skeleton staff, could never manage the task on its own.
10. Hospitals were to operate with a skeleton staff, for emergencies.