Example Sentences

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Part of the Cenotaph's power is its plainness.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

And because of their lack of plainness, these pieces will surely become heirlooms, recycled gold and lab-grown diamonds worn again and again by generations to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

In his writing about Mr. Hitchens, Mr. Amis “accesses a depth of feeling and plainness of language entirely new to his work,” the Times critic Parul Sehgal wrote in praising “Inside Story.”

From New York Times • May 20, 2023

These became popular despite – or maybe because of – their utter plainness.

From Salon • May 24, 2021

Its beauty lay in its simplicity, the plainness of its curve; even its wooden scabbard was spare and plain.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson