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 was never going to be plain sailing.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

“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

“To be plain dressed — it just felt wrong to me,” Nézet-Séguin said.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

And even if wars didn’t keep coming like glaciers, there would still be plain old death.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut