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
A giraffe without spots at a Tennessee zoo may be plain, but she’s definitely not ordinary.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
“To be plain dressed — it just felt wrong to me,” Nézet-Séguin said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
I imagined she was plain, and that it was all right to be plain.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
