sonsy

Example Sentences

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He was as proud of the sonsy house as Gourlay himself, if for a different reason, and he used to boast of it to his comrades.

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

For ladies, we had her Grace of—; and her daughter Lady—, a fine, buxom, sonsy lass, with more colour than, I am sorry to say, is often seen among fine ladies.

From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir

I know it will be said of Lord Lufton himself that, putting aside his peerage and broad acres, and handsome, sonsy face, he was not worth a girl's care and love.

From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony

Don't be sorry!—" said Faith, looking as fearless and sonsy as any real piece of mignonette that ever shook its brown head in the wind;—"I wouldn't tell you, only you must see it.

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Refusing her kind offer with thanks, I produced a sonsy specimen of Betty's laundry-work, which I rolled round my right-hand thumb.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing