Sentence examples for plain straightforward from inspiring English sources

Richard Murphy of Tax Research called the list of names "plain, straightforward hypocrisy".

His preliminary design shows a plain, straightforward building with three windows across and a recessed porch on the top floor.

Though Citkowitz writes in plain, straightforward prose — almost another language compared to Cheever's baroque, performative style — both stories examine the ways in which objects can lose their outward function and meaning and become, instead, storehouses of guilt and pain.

Patty Jenkins, who wrote the screenplay as well as directed, has a background in commercials and music videos, but she works in a plain, straightforward way, concentrating on the emotional connection between the two women their arguments, reconciliations, lovemaking and then the increasing dread they both feel as Wuornos goes wild.

Also less is more: writing about something in a plain, straightforward way often conveys emotion more strongly than flowery, sentimental language.

Mr. McGrath's filmmaking is plain and straightforward.

I am against DISHONEST scholarship that distorts Shinran's plain and straightforward intent in support of some other agenda.

Minister for delivery and quality sounds plain and straightforward, but no one knows what he delivers, never mind its quality.

It is that intimacy, combined with photos that are plain and straightforward rather than high concept, that has made Mr. Stanton's fan base so fervent.

The plot of "Stuff and Dough" is, at least at first glance, as plain and straightforward as the movie's title.

The garlic flavor has a delicacy that works well in salads; the chipotle has restrained heat and smoke; the sriracha's modest fire is balanced by fruitiness; the plain is straightforward: Just Mayo, $16 for a four-bottle variety pack at food52.com/provisions.