rose-colored glasses

Example Sentences

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My rose-colored glasses are off, and I see the world clearly without them.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Everyone on Wall Street supposedly was wearing rose-colored glasses back in early 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“I tend to look backwards with nostalgia, rose-colored glasses, which I’m happy that I do,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2025

By that time, my rose-colored glasses and NPR-fueled sense of my own superior powers of understanding had already taken a severe beating.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024

"That always happens when someone dies. People put on rose-colored glasses and talk about the good times."

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon