be plain
Example Sentences
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This should be plain as day to anyone who cares to look and listen.
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026
"It is just not fair, the current price of uniforms," she said, adding that uniforms should be plain and easy to adapt or maintain.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025
“To be plain dressed — it just felt wrong to me,” Nézet-Séguin said.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
He's a very toxic force in everyone's lives, and so I think we can anticipate that it's not going to be plain sailing for Nate being under Rupert's commands.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023
“I should be plain angry the way you be gone long enough.”
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
