Sentence examples for straightforward plain from inspiring English sources
His first hit, in 2007, was atypically straightforward: Plain White T's' platinum ballad Hey There Delilah.
Straightforward, plain-speaking, nervous and unassured.
"The New Jersey character — at least this part of Jersey — is straightforward, plain-spoken to the point of bluntness, though not at all unfriendly," the poet August Kleinzahler wrote in his essay "East/West Variations".
Some poems are based on found text, or conversations, and thus lack the musicality and rhythm of the more conventional lyric poems which open the book, though this is surely their point – more straightforward, plainer, and, on the whole, they retain their power because of this.
CHICAGO - THE answer was straightforward, in plain sight for everyone to see.
The singing is straightforward and plain, at times even a bit rough-hewn, with no vibrato or unnatural polish, and no sense that a homogenous blend is an absolute value.
The writing throughout is straightforward and plain, but also heavily tainted by corporate jargon and off-the-shelf figures of speech -- "Greg lived far outside the box," "able to turn on a dime," "but it's a helluva lot more".
It's a straightforward, rather plain app (and bookstore) but again, that's pretty much the point.
Most duck dishes are straightforward or plain enough to allow that treasured red wine to speak at full volume.
He emerges as a straightforward and plain-spoken man.
