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

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

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

I imagined she was plain, and that it was all right to be plain.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia