rose-colored glasses

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

With a bearish call on Nvidia’s stock and a neutral view of Advanced Micro Devices’ stock, Seaport Research’s Jay Goldberg is by no means looking at the artificial-intelligence trade with rose-colored glasses.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025

“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

One study, published in the American Journal of Veterinary Research in 1982, does seem to suggest that Lappin is looking at the past with rose-colored glasses.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

I have to laugh at myself, already looking at that time through rose-colored glasses.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson