plainness
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We hear an excerpt from a review by William Logan, poetry’s dean of critical defenestration, condemning her work for its pretty plainness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Part of the Cenotaph's power is its plainness.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
The plainness of Mallory Portnoy’s Stella was epitomized by the way she cuffed her jeans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
In his writing about Mr. Hitchens, Mr. Amis “accesses a depth of feeling and plainness of language entirely new to his work,” the Times critic Parul Sehgal wrote in praising “Inside Story.”
From New York Times ● May 20, 2023
Its beauty lay in its simplicity, the plainness of its curve; even its wooden scabbard was spare and plain.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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