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Example sentences for "plainly seen"

  • We cannot fail to observe how transparent he is, so much so that all his internal organs can be plainly seen, but let us deal with his exterior first of all.

  • In some cases, little oval capsules are squeezed out and, in the capsules, the darts may be plainly seen, coiled up.

  • Immediately above the brood pouch, the heart is situated and, if we can induce its owner to keep still for a moment or two, the heart-beats may be plainly seen.

  • On the under side of one of these insects the beak, very similar to the beak of the green fly, may be plainly seen.

  • The church tower at Ekowe could be plainly seen, but there was no response, and it was evident that the attempts at communication were not noticed, or, if noticed, not understood.

  • Lord Chelmsford immediately hastened to the crest of the hill, whence through a glass the camp could be plainly seen.

  • On the left of this could be plainly seen a number of Zulus tending sheep and cattle on the hills.

  • The cement required to be removed before the antennae could be plainly seen.

  • The roughened border can sometimes be plainly seen to be formed of normal (Pl.

  • The opercular membrane, when closely examined, exhibits no structure, except that it can sometimes be plainly seen to be composed of successive, numerous, excessively thin laminae.

  • We should not anticipate finding them in water that is shallow enough for the bottom to be plainly seen, as there the current is strong enough to move them.

  • In the spring they fill much of the body cavity and the many little eggs can be plainly seen.

  • Prostrate threads are found running through the natural slime covering the fish, and from these are produced the erect radiating hyphae so plainly seen when in the water.

  • If his eyes can not be plainly seen, as in night attacks, watch the movements of his weapon and of his body.

  • In personal combat watch the opponent's eyes if they can be plainly seen, and do not fix the eyes on his weapon nor upon the point of your attack.

  • Only one man is sent out on each side because they can be plainly seen by the patrol on the road, and no connecting file is necessary.

  • We were having a splendid time, and as the breeze was favorable, we decided to put into a little coast town whose buildings could be plainly seen glistening in the bright sunlight far ahead on the main land.

  • Towering above these thickets the slender white trunks and branches of the quaking asp could be plainly seen.

  • This gun fired black powder, and its discharge could be plainly seen, but it was apparently run up for every round behind a parapet.

  • Our house had no floor and very little furniture, and this hand-made, save for a small sheet iron stove through the cracks of which the fire could be plainly seen.

  • The tracks were wide and deep and could be plainly seen ahead of us going straight through the prairie.

  • My father, allowing all his weapons to be plainly seen, again demanded the return of his kettles, and said if they were not returned by the next morning he would make war on the chief's whole tribe and annihilate them.

  • All day long, signals had been kept flying for the fleet, two miles below, to come up to the fort; but although these could be plainly seen, not a ship weighed anchor.

  • As the privateer heeled over, her deck could be plainly seen, and the shot of the Indiaman, all directed at one point, tore up a hole around the foot of the mainmast.

  • This net work of veins cannot be plainly seen with a common lamp, but with a powerful glass are very distinct.

  • As I said before, an egg-tester is not required with duck eggs, as they are so transparent that the whole process can be plainly seen without in the flame of a common kerosene lamp.

  • The occupants of the other car could be plainly seen, and Ned, who was riding beside Jerry, noticed Jack Pender stand up in the rear seat and shake his fist.

  • In the white glare the figure of the motorist stood out sharply, and the red motor he rode could be plainly seen.

  • The marks made by the broad tires of the two machines could be plainly seen.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plainly seen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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