In literature, “rosy” is used as a rich, visual adjective that colors both nature and character with tender warmth and optimism. When describing natural scenes, authors paint dawn skies and glowing clouds with this hue—for example, the sky “growed golden and rosy in the east” ([1]) or a “faint, rosy line upon the horizon” appears through the woods ([2]), while even morning tints and lofty clouds are imbued with a gentle vibrancy ([3], [4], [5]). Equally, “rosy” is often applied to human features to imply health, cheerfulness, or a youthful flush, as seen in references to “rosy cheeks” of a plump child ([6], [7]), the glow that returns to a face as care revives a smile ([8]), or the energetic appearance of a lively character ([9], [10]). In these varied contexts, “rosy” serves as a poetic bridge between the visual beauty of the landscape and the warmth of human emotion ([11], [12], [13]).
- The sky growed golden and rosy in the east, and the sun come up in splendor.
— from Samantha at Coney Island
and a Thousand Other Islands by Marietta Holley
- A faint, rosy line upon the horizon was visible through the naked woods; all else in sky and earth was dun-coloured.
— from The Whirl: A Romance of Washington Society by Foxcroft Davis
- A rosy flush began to tinge one half the sky; the other half, pale blue and flecked with golden clouds, lay behind us.
— from The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
- In the east the rosy tints of the morning brightened the sky.
— from The Lure of the Camera by Charles S. (Charles Sumner) Olcott
- Wide and wonderful and far it stretched, in colors unmatched by painter's brush, a purple mountain topped by rosy clouds in the distance.
— from A Voice in the Wilderness by Grace Livingston Hill
- [102] Next to his business the milkman values his daughter, who, when I first saw her, was a plump, rosy-cheeked child and tended her father’s cows.
— from Wonder Stories of Travel by Ernest Ingersoll
- Now, I see a dear, healthy, happy little boy, with rosy cheeks and bright eyes.
— from The Little School-Mothers by L. T. Meade
- The color came back again into her pale cheeks and made them rosy, and the smile returned to her lips.
— from The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
- Massart was a large, rosy faced man with an uncertain temper.
— from Camilla: A Tale of a Violin
Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Charles Barnard
- Black eyes, black curls, rosy cheeks, and the dearest little waist!
— from A Changed Heart: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
- The kiss was, indeed, a decisive factor in the situation, and had shed a rosy, if somewhat fictitious light of romance over the past three weeks.
— from The Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
- The moon shone with a beautiful white light; the fire gave forth a nice rosy illumination.
— from Tales From Jókai by Mór Jókai
- "Then she is dead," he mournful cried, "'Tis better thus, for see the sun With rosy light now streaks the east:
— from Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Abigail Stanley Hanna