Rosy

Examples

• The honest Irish maid-servant, delighted with the change, asked leave to kiss the face that had grown all of a sudden so rosy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The rosy hours were thus beguiled until it was time for Bella to have Pa's escort back. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The gate was opened by one of the rosy maids, and on the lawn were the Newfoundland dog and the man. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am obliged to tell you what will hurt you, Rosy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Were they abusing me, Rosy? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• My dear Rosy, you don't expect me to talk much to such a conceited ass as that, I hope, said Lydgate, brusquely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• So had Vesalius, Rosy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Her little ears were like rosy shells--they had a pearl dangling from each of them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Now, when he came up, he said to her very gently, Rosy, dear, Mrs. Casaubon is come to see you again; you would like to see her, would you not? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But mamma was near spoiling all, a day or two later, by saying-- I hope your uncle Sir Godwin will not look down on Rosy, Mr. Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I remember a year--two years ago--when I used to look in the glass, I saw a different face there to what I see now--rounder and rosier. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her eyes were bright, their pupils dilated, her cheeks seemed rosier, and fuller than usual. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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