plain

[pleɪn]

Definition:
1. Extensive tract of level open land.
2. Clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses.
3. Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.

Use 'plain' in a sentence:

• 1. The city is pretty much plain vanilla.
• 2. He placed the paper in a plain envelope.
• 3. It was a rip-off, plain and simple.
• 4. Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
• 5. He was attired in a plain, mud-flecked uniform.
• 6. Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?
• 7. It was a rip-off, plain and simple .
• 8. It was the plain unvarnished truth.
• 9. In general, a plain carpet makes a room look bigger.
• 10. Lawson writes so well: in plain English, without fuss or affectation.
• 11. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical, and of sound construction.
• 12. It was plain to him that I was having a nervous breakdown.
• 13. You don't need any special skills for this job, just plain common sense.
• 14. Just a pig—a plain pig!
• 15. Plainer examples of the early period do not fetch anything like these sums.
• 16. He made it plain that we should leave.
• 17. It is plain, but you know it's nice-looking.
• 18. It was a plain, grey stone house.
• 19. It lies between the plain and the sea at an oblique angle to the coastline.
• 20. It is plain to see we will not have anything to eat yet again.
• 21. Bronwen's dress was plain but it hung well on her.
• 22. Write on plain paper.
• 23. Patterson pointed toward a plain cardboard box beneath a long wooden table.
• 24. Three officers in plain clothes told me to get out of the car.
• 25. The interior of the church was plain and simple.
• 26. Little mountain stream is dashing down to the plain.
• 27. He's made it plain that he loves the game and wants to be involved still.
• 28. The facts were plain to see.
• 29. You can substitute plain flour if you cannot find self-raising flour.
• 30. The food was just plain terrible.
• 31. He wore a plain blue shirt, open at the collar.
• 32. The wide plain, with thousands of animals on the move, was an awesome spectacle.
• 33. Use a belt to accessorise a plain dress.
• 34. The walls were plain and unadorned.
• 35. The Shakers believed that furniture should be plain, simple, useful, practical and of sound construction.
• 36. The implication was plain, if left unstated.
• 37. It was a plain, grey stone house, distinguished mainly by its largely unspoilt simplicity.
• 38. But is plain tap water all that bad?
• 39. You can often choose between plain white or coloured and patterned scarves.
• 40. Plain and simple clothes are appropriate for school wear.
• 41. Why couldn't they call you plain Ann or Alice like the rest?
• 42. I don't like plain chocolate.
• 43. Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems.
• 44. A plain necklace was her only adornment.
• 45. She made her annoyance plain.
• 46. The facts were plain to see .
• 47. Once there were 70 million buffalo on the plains.
• 48. She swapped her plain suit for a girlie dress.
• 49. The plain fact is that nobody really knows.