Sentence examples for being plain from inspiring English sources

"I've tried being plain," he said.

Edith might stop being plain and spinsterly!

The reasons for such being plain and self-evident.

Most of all, Madoff protected himself by being plain elusive.

We were very conscious of being plain and truthful.

"But sometimes being polarizing is better than being plain vanilla".

And welfare-to-work goes back to being plain old welfare.

What's more, it has the virtue of being plain enough for anyone to see.

At the same time, it is lofty, the more so for being plain.

(He also criticised penal reformers for not being plain-spoken).

Harsh words for an agency where she twice interned, but she prides herself on being plain-spoken; as for the E.P.A., it seems to be taking her critique in stride, even taking her calls.