rose-tinted
Britishadjective
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Also: rose-coloured. excessively optimistic
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See rose-coloured
Example Sentences
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Exhibits now offer a grittier, more problematic version of what happened there, not the rose-tinted take absorbed by generations of Californians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Looking back at 2016 through a - literal - rose-tinted filter is a source of comfort for many of us, but is it distorting our memory?
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
Nearly a year after wrapping “One Battle,” and as award season draws near, Bauman looks back at his VistaVision experience through rose-tinted lenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Many of the things we see in high-definition today—wars, poverty, inequality—have been edited out of a rose-tinted view of previous decades.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024
Her back was thunderhead blue, her rose-tinted breast had the brightness of cloud tops.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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