Sentence examples for plainly in a from inspiring English sources

The economy is plainly in a shambles.

The economy is plainly in a mess.

She is barely five feet, dressed plainly in a simple cotton sari and plastic sandals.

Mr. Zuma was plainly in a much different category, the democratically elected leader of a land that is important both to diplomacy and business.

SEJA, Latvia — Dressed plainly in a gray down-filled coat and faded black jeans, surrounded by his 130-odd milking cows, Normunds Kalnins hardly strikes a radical pose.

The petitioner, to be sure, was an agent, not a principal, yet it was the exclusive agent in the United States, and plainly in a relation that gave it influence, if not authority.

The Jazz Foundation of America, which provides aid to musicians in various forms, put the issue plainly in an e-mail on Friday.

In contrast to his Democratic opponents, who frequently discuss their faith in public, not to mention the born-again incumbent, President Bush, Dr. Dean said plainly in an interview a couple of months back: "I don't think that religion ought to be part of American policy".

My view at the time — and I set it out plainly in an op-ed in the New York Times — was that "the American auto industry is vital to our national interest as an employer and as a hub for manufacturing".

Both states are plainly in for a bout of instability.

This certainly springs from the fact that there is, in my own mind, and plainly in his, an affinity there.