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Example Sentences
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Her house was small and plain, but the garden was large and lush, and beautifully tended by her great-aunt Leonor, Mal’s only living relation.
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It was just a plain baseball cap at the time, but later that year, right before my birthday, it went missing from my room.
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China is moving faster on that front, even as it churns out plain old polluting chemicals too.
I choose plain cheese and green peppers for mine, and Mom chooses mushrooms and onions.
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Along plains and mountains we brigadistas go loyal to our country and fighting for peace.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.