Sentence examples for rather than a plain from inspiring English sources

I can tell you the exact date that I began to think of myself in the first-person plural — as a superorganism, that is, rather than a plain old individual human being.

His team reportedly felt voters preferred bold words such as Spain's Podemos (we can), and Les Républicains could be presented as a kind of citizens' movement rather than a plain political party.

More surprising, the dying Jesus is clearly a Jew, frequently shown wearing a Jewish prayer shawl rather than a plain loin cloth.

It's as it sounds: rather than slap a plain ol' postage stamp on a piece of mail, Danish folk will instead send a text message to the post office, which will then send back a postage code.

Rather than just a plain rectangle crop, Perspective Crop lets you adjust the relative perspective of the image as you crop.

Rather than issue a plain-vanilla bond with a fixed interest rate, Denver followed its bankers' suggestions and issued so-called pension certificates with a derivative attached; the debt carried a lower rate but it could also fluctuate if economic conditions changed.

For this reason, and to get a better sense of value rather than plain cost, a suburb was defined for the purposes of this story as any Census-designated area 25 miles or less from the principal city.

Add a few drops of lemon and some honey for an excellent green tea Rather than using plain granulated sugar, get a great fruit preserve from your local specialty store that has chunks of fruit in it.

This will spice up a regular ponytail with a beautiful design rather than just plain volume.

Opt for a plain edge rather than a serrated edge.

Often, it is a case of what it chooses to omit rather than get plain wrong.