sonsy
Example Sentences
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She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest, sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin.
From Fairy Book by May, Sophie
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
A change came over her sonsy, smiling face.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
She tied up her sonsy beast, that was, like herself, fat as pats of butter, to the yettpost of the miser's garden.
From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
