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
“I would say of our commercial vegetable farmers in the state, probably 60 to 70% are probably going to be plain community folks,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024
With intense scrutiny and unrealistic expectation, it was never going to be plain sailing as Raducanu transitioned to one of the biggest stars on a WTA circuit that she had barely played.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
“To be plain dressed — it just felt wrong to me,” Nézet-Séguin said.
From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023
Such a dress could be made of leather or linen, it might be plain, or Mo might imprint a pattern on it with his tiny decorative stamps.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
