Word: plainly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Stephen King’s latest thriller has perhaps the most dreadfully dull cover ever conceived for a novel of his. The front is plain red with a shovel-shaped cutout on the front. Remove the dust jacket and you’ll find an overly colorful illustration of exotic, chaotically-growing flowers and weeds. According to the summary in the inner flap, the picture apparently depicts Boo’ya Moon, “a place that both terrified and healed him.” The “him” refers to the titular character?...
...South will ever support a mixed-race liberal Democrat for President. There are still a lot of people down here who believe that miscegenation (which, like abortion, used to be a crime) remains immoral and sinful. Add to that Obama's al-Qaeda-sounding name, and it's plain that he has no chance of being elected President...
...eschew the plain. In one typical exchange here, 38 spoken words out of 39 are just one syllable long (the exception is "cannot"). In a later story, 37 straight words last one syllable each...
...talks, Carlyon screws himself up in his chair, crossing his lean legs and leaning forward in emphasis. His writing style is resolutely plain. "I've got a fear of decoration," he says. "I hate adverbs." That mix of passion and clarity gives you the sense of being led through a dark landscape by a guide who's determined to make you see what it looks like in sunlight. In short takes "like scenes in a film," Carlyon plunges from the tranquil present to the midst of battle and back. "All is quiet, and the place speaks to you," he writes...
...sometime.”Fast-forward to the spring of 2006, when Reese’s teammates saw the same qualities in him that Welch, Donato, and the Rangers had and chose him as their captain.Maybe it wasn’t fate, but it certainly wasn’t plain luck, either.“I’ve been touting him from day one,” Donato says. “I think he’s a Hobey Baker candidate, [and] he has a chance to be the player of the year for us in the league...