plainness

Example Sentences

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Plainness is never a mistake on a concert stage.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

Plainness remains her political signature, with inflections of Protestant virtue and Prussian uprightness.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 24, 2014

A Taste for Plainness The simple perfection of the first American poet, Anne Bradstreet.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2012

Plainness, homeliness, informality, which some called "cheapness" and others "humor," what some called "smart" and others "clever," what none denied had drive and excitement characterized the campaign utterances of Alfred Emanuel Smith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plainness and uncouthness in humans only too often belie noble mind or disposition.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella