Sentence examples for plain functional from inspiring English sources

It's plain, functional, unassuming.

The whimsical designer handbag has replaced the hat as the accessory for this spring's plain, functional clothes.

Here, the grid pattern of the choreography is not only created out of plain functional moves but from another, expressive language of gesture.

After their arrival in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, archaeologists found, the decorative ceramics disappear in a century or more in favor of plain, functional bowls, cups and storage vessels.

Mr. Gorlin said the plain, functional style of modernism, meant to blend into the landscape, echoed Thoreau's desire to live simply and in harmony with nature.

There are a variety of specialized devices for cold-brewing coffee, including showy ones that pass water very slowly through the grounds, drop by drop, and plain functional ones in which the coffee is left to infuse in all the water overnight, then the brew drained from the grounds.

It is not so much the plain postoperative functional score that is important but rather the gain in function, as a measure for comparison of the preoperative and postoperative state (the "Delta constant").

Inside, the decor is plain and functional, the atmosphere eerily hushed.

Unlike the originals, which still have their intricate detail, these later windows are plain and functional.

The apartments, mostly condominiums that sell for around $250,000 and are often rented out, are plain but functional inside.

It's a nondescript place on the outside; and the large dining room is plain and functional as well, with wooden booths and decorative hurricane lamps.