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

“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

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

But alas, I would have bartered my high estate to be plain Jill to Hamlet’s Jack.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein