The bicycle lantern was hanging down from my left and showed plainly the clayey gravel of the dam.
As to the fate which awaits the hostages if the German army is attacked, it is plainly stipulated in the proclamations: they will be shot, "without previous judicial formalities.
We may be brief, for the cruel character of Kultur is so obvious, and appears so plainly from the documents cited, that it would be idle to insist upon it.
His voice is manly and military, he speaks extraordinarily plainly without slurring over a single syllable, he is never at a loss for a word, but always strikes the nail on the head--often in exceedingly forceful terms.
The boches do not recognize hospitals plainly marked with red cross, since they threw bombs on a nearby hospital, burning up four buildings, killing 170 and wounding forty-one.
The former was plain-featured and plainly dressed, with placid expression and humble mien.
It was plainly declared by him that Unitarians assumed the name of liberal Christians, because they allowed liberality of inquiry and opinion within the pale of Christian discipleship.
Plainly he ascribed little value to mere personality, viewed abstractly and apart from its spiritual development.
But it was evident that they comprehended the last word, for the bamboo floor creaked, and Ned plainly heard the sound of some one drinking.
There it was again, the faint beat of oars a long distance off, but plainly indicating pursuit; and with the knowledge that the enemy on the bank would tell of their passing, it was decided to land at once and strike for the hills.
And I see through him as plainly as can be: he wants me to find out gold, or tin and precious stones, and other things for his benefit.
He may know;" and without hesitation he ran after Ned for a few hundred yards, till the boy stopped to gaze about him wildly, as the voices of their pursuers were now very plainly heard.
Plainly we have here no second husband; plainly we have the tolerated lover.
Here was a strange thing, that he should have talked so much of his family, and not once mentioned that relative of whom he was plainly the most proud.
On coral atolls, where the danger was most plainly obvious, these were enforced by law and sanctioned by punishment.
This demon was plainly from the grave; yet you will observe he was abroad by day.
He was plainly a practised conversationalist; the nicety of his inflections, the elegance of his gestures, and the fine play of his expression, told us that.
I should add that he was plainly much of a humorist, and not a little of a humbug.
Nei Takauti had taken some, she had no mind for more, plainly conceived it would be a breach of manners to set down the cup unfinished, and ordered her wedded retainer to dispose of what was left.
Plainly he was not here rendering public services, as he did in Spain and Gaul, but taking care of his own interests.
There was no star plainly visible, and they had not yet learned to take the moon as a guide.
A blood-hound was on their track in the course of the night, the deep bayings being plainly audible, but his scent being at fault, the trail of the fugitives was lost, and he shortly barked himself out of hearing.
In consultation among them, it was unanimously resolved that it was plainly their duty to take the matter in hand.
The whizzing shell spoke plainly to the Spanish craft, and had hardly more than flung up a column of water a hundred yards or less in front of the merchantman before she was hastily rounded to with her engines reversed.
As the Spaniards used smokeless powder, it was very difficult to locate the position of their pieces, while, on the contrary, the smoke caused by our black powder plainly indicated the position of our battery.
I searched with my torch on the floor where my Lady had dropped the powder, and I could plainly see the wet edge of Brenda's tongue and the smudge of the white powder which she had licked up.
The anger of the heroes is plainly too great for words.
Even the hardened controversialist Coulton wrote in the course of one of their arguments: If I speak very plainly of your historical methods, it is not that I do not fully respect your conversion.
As Gilbert knelt down the price ticket on the sole of one of his new shoes became plainly visible.
All these marks commemorating the entire action, which took place about the year 1853 are still plainly evident, being renewed whenever they tend to become obliterated by weathering and by advancing vegetation.
This song plainly reflects the topography and the scenery of the country of the Pawnee nation, that part of the Great Plains traversed by the Solomon, Republican, Platte, Loup, and Niobrara rivers.
Jinnie saw him plainly when she, too, entered, and her eyes followed him as he went out.
His voice was full of feeling, and Jordan Morse needed no more to tell him plainlythat Theodore loved Jinnie Grandoken.
Some of the anti-suffragists at any rate could see this plainly enough when this "argument" was applied to the continued exclusion of working men from the franchise.
It has been indicated very plainly that the amendment Mr. Lloyd George himself favours will be one for the enfranchisement of householders and wives of householders.
It is plainly seen that flooding often put an end to coal formation.
On the quietest day, even after a thorough sweeping and dusting of the library, you are able to write your name plainly on the film of dust that lies on the polished table.
We must go north to find the snow-fields of Alaska and glaciers worthy to be compared with those ancient ice rivers whose work is plainly to be seen, though they are gone.
But from this distance I seeplainly that they are irregular in form and have no sharp corners.
The signs of decay are plainly visible on the outer surfaces of these stones.
We can see the stars plainly enough, and they do make groups, but they do not look like animals.
For months he had tormented her and persecuted her, and now she had asked him plainly if she still held a place in his heart, and he had coldly denied it.
Yes, she would see her father, and tell him plainlywhat she had suffered from Benoni.
He tossed in his warm bag wishing he had the ability to sleep as soundly and quickly as Sandy, whose snores he could plainly hear.
Everything plainly visible under the midnight sun, Dick could see that the tent’s flap was closed.
At first he believed it was only a prowling dog, and was determined to ignore it, when there came plainly to his ears the crunch of a footfall in the snow.
Their ponies were on a slow walk, and the expression on their forbidding faces was plainly seen as their eyes ranged over the front of the building.
Resting a minute or two, the attempt was renewed and this time Red Feather succeeded in withdrawing for an inch or two, though the effort plainly caused him pain.
Their sympathy plainly was with Slade, who, seeing his opportunity, suddenly started toward the buggy with the evident intention of driving off in it.
The execution of this plan would require perfect secrecy, however, for the enemy from his signal-station on Three Top could plainly see every movement of our troops in daylight.
The poor fellows were all lying within a circle not more than fifteen or twenty paces in diameter, and the little piles of empty cartridge shells near each body showed plainly that every man had made a brave fight.
At first, with good glasses, we could plainly see Hooker's troops driving the Confederates up the face of the mountain.
For about two hours the contending lines struggled with each other along Tom's Brook, the charges and counter charges at many points being plainly visible from the summit of Round Top, where I had my headquarters for the time.
About six hundred of the command were in this condition, plainly not suitably shod to withstand the frequent storms of sleet and snow.
But General Grant plainly intending, and even directing, that the corps should be under my command, remedied this phase of the matter, when informed of what had taken place, by requiring Wright to send a report of the battle through me.
He was told to confine himself to the question put to him, that he could talk of other things later, but that now it was his place to answer the questions put, just as simply and plainly as the others had answered.
You refuse to answer the questions I put to you plainlyand straightforwardly as your accusers have done.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plainly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
