6 sentences with 'plain'
Example sentences and phrases with the word plain and other words derived from it.
• « Thanks to Burroughs, to Emerson, to his appetite for profit - and, plain and simple, to his good fortune - Henry Ford had coincided with a set of new economic laws. »
• « In ancient times, every four years, on the plain of Olympia, the famous "Olympic Games" were held. »
• « Everywhere, Calvinists were distinguished by their plain dress and stern attitude towards merriment, celebrations and pleasures of the flesh. »
• « Hello, I wave to the distant mountain range. Hello, I say to the horses trotting on the plain. Hello, to the children and dogs frolicking outside the house. »
• « Snow that has fallen on the plain or at low altitudes has a short life span because it is melted by the first spring frosts, even in the coldest areas. At higher altitudes it takes a little longer, but it ends in the same way. »
• « The Persian armies had landed on the plain of Marathon - 40 kilometres north of Athens - with their 100,000 infantry and 10,000 horsemen. The Athenians, vastly outnumbered, met them and forced them back to the sea; this defensive tactic is recognised as a masterpiece of military art. »