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Example sentences for "plain view"

  • He happens to see the blue coats in the valley, in plain view.

  • Our regiment was resting in the gap of a range of hills in plain view of the city of Franklin.

  • The two lines were in plain view of each other.

  • The blue coats lined the hillside in plain view.

  • The wagon was in plain view, and leaving three of my boys to drift the cattle forward, we rode away with ravenous appetites to interview the cook.

  • The deputies halted well out of pistol range, covering the retreat of the occupants of the carriage as best they could, but leaving three dead horses in plain view.

  • Our camp was in plain view of Los Lobos, and only some five or six miles distant.

  • When day dawned the cattle were in plain view about a mile distant.

  • On the other side of the Rue de Rivoli, and in plain view of this fateful tower, stands the pure white marble statue of Admiral Coligni, the most illustrious victim of that fearful massacre.

  • They were in plain view of the squatter's cabin at which the troopers had stopped to eat their dinner the day before.

  • They had crept up within less than a dozen yards of the fire, and the camp and all its inmates were in plain view of them.

  • Bob and his companion rode out in plain view, and a few seconds later the troopers joined them.

  • The battery was in plain view, being inside of a yard surrounding a little log cabin enclosed with a rail fence three or four feet high.

  • We formed on another hill in plain view of them, a little valley intervening between the two lines.

  • Kershaw's Brigade was stationed around a large dwelling in a grove, just in front of Chattanooga, and something over a mile distant from the city, but in plain view.

  • Stepping behind a tree to load (he was on skirmish line) he would pass out from this cover in plain view, take deliberate aim, and fire.

  • Near it, in plain view, stood a group of the enemy, evidently observing us with glasses.

  • The Tennessee river was frequently in plain view, and the road ran in close proximity to the railroad.

  • We were soon in plain view of Chattanooga; and from the top of this mountain the prospect of the surrounding country was grand and picturesque in the extreme.

  • Daring the forenoon we halted and camped on a high hill, a short distance from the town, which lay in plain view.

  • At 4 o'clock, we camped two miles from Danville, the town being in plain view.

  • The latter, as you know already, stands on the side of a low mountain, in plain view of Paris.

  • However, the counter-movement on the part of the Confederates, being begun in plain view, was instantly seen, and Banks sent word to Weitzel to check it.

  • Augur prolonged the line across the Plains Store road under cover of the woods, yet in plain view of the Confederate entrenchments.

  • The huge head was in plain view, and the eyes flashed back fire from the reflected glare of the torch.

  • Two more lions were now in plain view, stalking slowly out of the shadows.

  • I must get him inside, for the post is in plain view of the guard at the gate.

  • They formed at their leisure in plain view of our ragged trenches.

  • The battle was not more than five miles at sea in plain view of the shore.

  • He was still in plain view in the little valley below when he met the ragged lines of our retreating men.

  • Eastward the country was more open, and creek, valley, and mountains were in plain view.

  • All this while the boat was in plain view, sailing on a course parallel to theirs, at a distance of half a mile.

  • At any rate, its general direction was assuring, and he reasoned that it must bring him out on the other side of the mountains in plain view of the Kah Sha gorge, which he could then reach by crossing four miles of valley.

  • In plain view to the right, as I roll on toward Reno, are the mountains on which the world-renowned Comstock lode is situated, and Reno was formerly the point from which this celebrated mining-camp was reached.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "plain view" 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:
    being acted; book form; due time; enjoy myself; headquarters were; narrow streets; once asked; plain clothes; plain knitting; plain language; plain omelet; plain question; plain round; plain sewing; plain sight; plain stitches; plain story; plain that; plain truth; plain words; plainly appears; plainly enough; plainly written; preventing conception; toothed tiger; wherein thou