Sentence examples for but not plain from inspiring English sources

This particular swatch was blue, yes, but not plain blue or navy blue, even if to the untrained eye it might appear that way.

The show was a cult hit, but not plain sailing for Harmon, who admits, "Sarah used to send me notes on the script and, while this is completely usual practice, I never took them very well".

He sees a "country club" level of security that will let politicians, lobbyists and journalists visit the White House this season, but not plain Americans looking for fresh inspiration after Sept. 11.

This latter deprivation schedule causes mice to lick avidly for sugar solutions but not plain water.

Add candles to every table- but not plain candles.

Bring various layers to protect from rain and cold, but not plain cotton.

Pneumatosis intestinalis (intra-mural air) detected on point-of-care ultrasonography (but not apparent on plain abdominal radiographs) alerted the emergency physicians towards the severity of disease process.

"I hate to say it, but I was not plain".

But it was not plain sailing, with West Ham digging deep in the second half, playing with greater intensity and advertising the equaliser on three occasions through Marko Arnautovic.

But they were not plain descriptions; they were designed to convince those living in France that Algeria and its topless, trapped women were better off being colonized.

His architecture is not plain, but richness distilled to its essence.