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

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

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

He's a very toxic force in everyone's lives, and so I think we can anticipate that it's not going to be plain sailing for Nate being under Rupert's commands.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2023

She could say her name was Florence Nightingale, but she’d always be plain old Aunt Kitty to me.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan