Sentence examples for comparatively plain from inspiring English sources

Comparatively plain and simple, Lee's story has none of Pynchon's inventive flamboyance, dense allusions or exuberant genius.

I met him at a time when he and his then wife, Sheila, seemed, for me, to epitomise everything that was fine about comparatively plain living and high thinking, even in a metropolis bubbling with temptations to serve mere fashion.

To start with, it's comparatively plain sailing: we have a versified account of Marlowe's early life and writing, his friendships in the secret service and elsewhere, a credible suggestion of the spy-infested state and the jealousy-infested writing community, all of which end in the pub in Deptford – if we believe the usual version of events.

The Burney relief is comparatively plain, and so survived.

Comparatively, plain ol' bottled water has no calories, carbohydrates, sodium or potassium.

The sides of the brass memorial are decorated with quatrefoil- and shield-shaped ornamentation, which enhance the comparatively plain figures.

The mountains rise dramatically from a comparatively level plain about 3,000 feet (900 metres) above sea level.

Was it just a year later that adopters of the inflated bowler, fedora or toque traded in those zany styles for the comparatively tame, plain-as-a-flapjack beret?

Other comparatively youthful plains on Mercury, which were especially prominent in regions illuminated by a low Sun during Messenger's first flyby, show prominent features of volcanism.

"Blood & Oil" has been shot in the real world — the wrong real world, substituting the photogenic muscular mountains of Utah for the comparatively featureless plains of central North Dakota — without managing to look real at all.

For those who have never been there, Maui may appear surprisingly arid, compared with lush islands like Oahu, Kauai and the Big Island; its many resorts and condos tower over a comparatively bleak volcanic plain.