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How to use plain in a sentence

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In 1974, she was music director at WMMS, in Cleveland, when she received a record in a plain brown envelope.
This forced the judge to intervene and rephrase the question in plain comprehensible English.
The reason for America's present activist foreign policy is as plain as a pikestaff and is known to everybody.
It is characteristic of thoughtful people that they don't understand some things that to others are as plain as a pikestaff.
Now there may be some at St. Blogs to whom it is plain as a pikestaff what the bishop needs to be doing.
Good god, man, she's plain as a pikestaff with a wardrobe fresh out of the Salvation Army.
The plump waitress in a plain pink pinafore and dirty apron smiled a gap-toothed grin, red curls pinned back in hair netting.
She can deny that human rights, presumption of innocence and just plain common decency are being sullied.
This cookie is a spin on traditional pinwheels, in which plain and chocolate doughs are swirled together.
Her voice was cold, with no hint of the fiery anger that showed plain on her face.
Once you have had your fill of plain smoked salmon with brown bread and butter, think about using it in cooking.
So instead of leaving them in plain view in the kitchen, put them somewhere out of sight.
Because of her plain wool dress and basic hairstyle, I had assumed she would not know royal etiquette so in depth.
Yet, perhaps because he deals mainly with sophisticated food, he prefers plain cooking at home.
Interestingly the plain case holds the elaborately decorated cutlery while the filigree case houses the more restrained pieces.
He liked plain food, without sauces or cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables, including those grown in the garden of his estate.
Today, she is wearing a plain black ankle-length dress decorated with flowers, perversely projecting a rather saintly look.
Although there was a variety of slightly different recipes, the one in my mind was a pretty basic recipe for plain chiffon cake, I thought.
Meanwhile, it's downplaying such basics as khakis and plain blue jeans in favor of items like tops with matching belts.
She was surrounded by a simple, plain room with a wooden wardrobe and desk.
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