plain sense
Example Sentences
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He was the evening’s most ornate improviser, but his bond with the concert’s house rhythm section — Peter Washington on bass, Willie Jones III on drums — made plain sense.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2011
Kohl even claimed, against the plain sense of the agreed wording, that the third zero was still a possibility.
From Time Magazine Archive
He offered no new method of solution, but what he said made plain sense to most U.S. citizens.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although Bush blandly denied that he had made any such link, the denials contradicted the plain sense of his words.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the downright plain sense of the pope the desperate efforts of men who had explained away the content of historical Christianity to present themselves as orthodox Roman Catholics were simply disingenuous ….
From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)
