"plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"; "a palpable lie"
"a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
"a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
"plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
"the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
"the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
"they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
"a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
"a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
"trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
"a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
"a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
"the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
"I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
"he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"