She had close to no cleavage at all, but her nipples were erect, like two rosy-colored buttons. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 15] Reference
We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bound into the house by French windows at either end. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gatsby] Reference
His eyes glimmered in some faint meandering light that filtered through the heavy draperies, for what light was in his eyes wasn't rosy-colored. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers In The Attic]
LEVIN: Well, the bottom line is that that assessment of the vice president is a rosy-colored scenario just the way going into Iraq was rose-colored. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2005] Reference
It flamed now in the fireplace with a good steady heat, and made a warm and rosy-colored light so bright there was at times a flicker of red like a blush on the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Dollmaker] Reference
Without attempting to lower some Pollyannaish veil or rosy-colored lens on a tragedy in which a score of people were killed and maimed, there are positive aspects to the story which bear pointing out. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Heroism] Reference
He was just like those sloe-eyed princes in the old stories, who rode out of the desert and kidnapped pining dark maidens and took them to palaces built of rosy-colored stone in the midst of a beautiful oasis. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips, the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch, open toward the sunset, where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gatsby] Reference
While some would gladly have sent their opponents to the nearest guillotine, most operated on the rosy-colored assumption that sweet reason would be sufficient in and of itself to usher in a kinder, gentler millennium. From Wordnik.com. [Buckminster Fuller's World] Reference
Contrary to the rosy-colored projections of the incorrigible optimists, whose ranks include Dubya himself, the price will not be rock-bottom or what those assets are truly worth (in many cases, there may not be a difference). From Wordnik.com. [No Magic Potion] Reference
Some people who we would characterize as having a very positive emotional disposition have higher activity in the left pre-frontal cortex, and these are individuals who are resilient, optimistic, see the world through rosy-colored glasses. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Intelligence - January 2, 2000] Reference
Suddenly a warm red glow fell on the grass at her feet; she looked back again -- she had not remembered how splendid it was, nor seen anything to compare to it in her dreams -- for there the two high mountain peeks rose into the air like two great flames, the whole snow-field had turned crimson, and rosy-colored clouds floated in the sky above. From Wordnik.com. [Heidi] Reference
Writ in wild and wondrous characters of rosy-colored flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4] Reference
"Mamma, you see that rosy-colored dome down there, close to the river; what is it?". From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
This moth has a white line extending the length of its front wing and a rosy-colored stripe across the rear wing. From Wordnik.com. [The Albert Lea Tribune] Reference
His mind even turned to rosy-colored dreams of a tender reconciliation inside the camel -- there hidden away from all the world. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
His mind even turned to rosy-colored dreams of a tender reconciliation inside the camel — there hidden away from all the world. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Jazz Age] Reference
Like the grandpa who repeatedly tells the same story through the same pair of rosy-colored Shuron Sportivos, we come to relish our memories through the simple act of retelling them. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Reputedly created to distract the population from political conflict, this 167-year-old amusement park - with its lake, vast array of trees and blooms, all-hours fairy lights, regular fireworks, whimsical Oriental buildings, 1950s concert hall and Ferris wheel - oozes rosy-colored charm. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
I guess so … oh man, thank heavens he’s here to help us see past our rosy-colored glasses …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right-Wing Media Distorts Clinton’s Oklahoma City Speech To Claim He Wants To Muzzle Dissent] Reference
Maybe he had a terminal disease that I’m unaware of but, if not, it’s a strange choice for an otherwise rosy-colored parallel universe. From Wordnik.com. [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference
Life seemed to grow warmer, more rosy-colored. From Wordnik.com. [Mother : A Story] Reference
Everyone got their rosy-colored glasses on?. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Where a rosy-colored ether. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
From rosy-colored ripples to the strand. From Wordnik.com. [Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance] Reference
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