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Example sentences for "plain sight"

  • The sea was in plain sight to the eastward of us, and Kingston and Port Royal lay, as it were, at our feet.

  • We had scarcely gotten clear of the harbor, before a sail was discovered, in plain sight, from the deck.

  • On the following Sunday, we were in plain sight of Table Mountain.

  • For Saunders, our guide, took a line across the open in plain sight of any eye that might be watching from the forest cover.

  • And when from the camp-fires they perceived the Colonel and the drummer boy eating together in plain sight of all, they gave a rousing cheer.

  • Far above us on our side, now in plain sight, now hidden by a projecting point or tall timber, was the flume of the Mount Whitney Power Company, which carried water from the river to the powerhouse we had passed.

  • The San Joaquin valley was enveloped in haze, but the mountain ranges east of us were in plain sight.

  • But instead of taking to the divide, the Indians bore down the valley, pursued and pursuers in plain sight of each other.

  • They were driven up among the others, now scattered about in plain sight in the valley above, presenting a morning scene of pastoral contentment.

  • At this juncture, a half-dozen of the loose horses cut off from the band and turned down the slope in plain sight of the pursuers.

  • The main body of the Cheyennes had now come into plain sight, and the men who escaped from us rode back toward it.

  • I let him out for all he was worth, and when I reached a little rise and looked back the Indian village lay in plain sight.

  • In plain sight, not a mile away, was a herd of horses grazing, among them the animals which had been stolen from us.

  • It was the eyes of the submarines that brought a hurry call for the artists, and up to them was put the problem of hiding ships in plain sight.

  • The burden may be somewhat lightened--since we are prone to forgetfulness as stones to fall downward--by using traps made of glass and leaving them in plain sight.

  • Just because I totes them in plain sight I've got to hand 'em over to some liquor-wrastler?

  • Yells of consternation and pain rang out in a swelling chorus, and legs and arms jerked and flopped, one man, in his astonishment at the shot that tore open his cheek, sitting up in plain sight of the marksman.

  • Instead of nesting in the top of an oak in a remote canyon, as I had been assured the shy birds would do, here they were building in a low oak not more than an eighth of a mile from the house, and in plain sight.

  • I rode right over to see it, but found the gray bird a female Mexican bluebird, whose brilliant ultramarine mate sat on the fence of the vegetable garden in plain sight.

  • As the gnatcatchers did not honor us with their attention even when Billy stalked around in plain sight, I moved a little closer to their nest to give the dove more freedom; and soon the gentle bird slipped back to her brooding.

  • When well sheltered behind great rocky ridges or in ravines they ran without fear of being discovered, but when it was on a barren plain, with scores of deer in plain sight, it was a different matter.

  • An abrupt turn in the path brought them in plain sight of the canoe, which was about a hundred yards directly in front of them.

  • Shortly after, as the wolf, so angry at being baffled of his prey while the scent was so hot on the shore, came running along in plain sight.

  • There is not a bit of doubt that he remained heedless at his headquarters in Franklin while the enemy was engaged in preparations for assault in plain sight of our front.

  • For two hours Hood was engaged in preparations for assault in plain sight of thousands of our soldiers.

  • Come-She-Come One member of the group is given the opportunity to select some object in plain sight in the room, to be guessed by the others.

  • The children of one of the aisles leave the room, the others determine upon a hiding place and hide the coin in plain sight.

  • The one left in the room hides a coin, or some similar object, somewhere in plain sight.

  • Farmer Brown's boy sat there right in plain sight, but Whitefoot didn't see him.

  • So there they sat, each in plain sight of the other but only one seeing the other.

  • There he was in plain sight of Whitey the Snowy Owl, sitting motionless on a stump only a short distance away, yet Whitey hadn't seen him.

  • He's got the snuggest kind of a little nest here, but he won't come back to it so long as it is right out in plain sight.

  • When a man steals cattle by working over the brands, it's very bad form to keep them right on his ranch in plain sight.

  • The ostrich mother, who makes her nest in plain sight on the sand, is dressed in grayish brown.

  • I have heard a song sparrow sing five or six different songs, standing all the time in plain sight on a fence.

  • They cannot put their little homes out in plain sight, as we do our houses, because so many creatures want to rob them.

  • He flew past the young one with an insect in plain sight in his beak, and perched on another tree still farther along in the way he wanted the little one to go.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plain sight" 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:
    always seems; each township; good priest; house where; little inclined; naval affairs; otter skin; perfect righteousness; plain boiled; plain chant; plain enough; plain language; plain omelet; plain question; plain round; plain speaking; plain story; plain that; plain white; plainly appears; plainly seen; recent visit; thorough knowledge; vnto whom; went off; whose home