Sentence examples for Plain question from inspiring English sources

"Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities".

WILDE: You must ask me a plain question.

An Irish leap, or, A pat reply to a plain question [graphic] / Woodward delt.

(For details, see the essays of Mark Twain, who believed that "plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities").

"The plain question is, how can the CIA be expected to protect this country if it can't even protect itself?" The answer, of course, comes in the form of our heroine, Mathison, who remains stuck in a quagmire of  paranoia, off meds and wringing her hands over yet another attack on American soil she should have prevented.

A first plain question regarding age-related variations is whether MSC numbers change during adult life span.

This circular letter, dated Feb. 20, 1883 includes a list of "plain questions" possibly submitted by women to the legislators who "represent " them and the answers received.

That way, no one would feel awkward about their natural reaction -- whether it was sadness, anger, or just plain questions.

But to her credit Ms. Mason includes amusingly incredulous and wry responses from Reggie Wilson and Donald McKayle, and her plainer questions get some yeasty answers.

12.30pm: Secretary Gates makes it plain: The question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we... best prepare for it.

There is a plain procedural question - and neither Bradney nor Malik goes much beyond this - about how existing courts function and what weight is properly give to the issues we have been discussing.