plainness
Example Sentences
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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
Their plainness is so much better than, say, melba toast.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022
“Iowa Dreams,” the title of Serena Stevens’s New York gallery debut, combines Midwestern plainness with a slightly forlorn reverie.
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020
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
