How to Use pure and simple in a Sentence

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• The Trans Am is supposed to be a runner, pure and simple.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023
• The magnetic pull these shoes have on me starts with the pure and simple design.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Nov. 2022
• The days of pure and simple bread-and-butter unionism in UTLA are over.
  — Howard Blumestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
• The task of police is law enforcement, pure and simple.
  — WSJ, 5 July 2020
• The 2022 Chevrolet Camaro coupe and convertible are about the pure and simple joy of driving.
  — Car and Driver, 4 Feb. 2022
• Kevin and his brothers, who will soon be drawn into the ring along with him, see themselves as athletes, pure and simple.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
• That is honesty and respect for our years of following you, pure and simple.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• Moutier says this is a public health crisis, pure and simple.
  — Susan Spencer, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2023
• The fragrance is pure and simple in structure but in extreme in character.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Sandie’s hair and clothes and general demeanor are Soho ‘65, pure and simple, which is to say not so pure, not so simple.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• And that's what a murder mystery, is pure and simple: an opportunity to make the world a better place.
  — Town & Country, 16 Oct. 2022
• Griner is a hostage, pure and simple, says The Washington Post in an editorial.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 July 2022
• While the emotive response that drives donors to give is pure and simple, the truth is that disasters are incredibly complex.
  — Patricia McIlreavy, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• Still, despite its tougher rules for smaller lenders, Europe is not immune to a potential run on its banks or a rout in their stocks of the kind induced by pure and simple panic.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
• The most exhilarating dance moments have been just that: Expressions of joy, pure and simple.
  — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• Often, that tension expresses itself in a pure and simple obsession with life and death.
  — Omer Daida, The New Yorker, 20 July 2022
• The raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence this week was political theater, pure and simple.
  — Brett Tolman, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• But then there will be the slice itself: a large, tapering wedge, maybe dressed with rounds of pepperoni, or studded with sultry mushrooms, maybe just a pure and simple triangle of sauce and cheese.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2023
• And yet, set against that, are the sports themselves: the display of skills, of physical and mental mastery, of the satisfactions of coöperation and competition, of joy, pure and simple.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2022
• Taking something that belongs to someone else just because nobody can stop you is bullying, pure and simple.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Mar. 2022
• The Russian jets’ activities were bullying, pure and simple — at best an attempt to muscle aircraft out of airspace that’s open to all, if not outright destroy it.
  — Sébastien Roblin, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• What the Biden administration is doing is government overreach, pure and simple. GOV.
  — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
• What the Biden administration is doing is government overreach, pure and simple.
  — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2021
• This budget creatine option is a pure and simple powder that provides five grams of micronized creatine monohydrate per serving.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2023
• Because everything is about money, pure and simple—rather than, say, divorce, barking dogs or auto accidents—the details don’t always present themselves immediately.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
• This campaign against responsible investing is pandering, pure and simple.
  — Peter Krull, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024