Lucy put up the neatest little rosebud mouth to be kissed; everything about her was neat,—her little round neck, with the row of coral beads; her little straight nose, not at all snubby; her little clear eyebrows, rather darker than her curls, to match hazel eyes, which looked up with shy pleasure at Maggie, taller by the head, though scarcely a year older.
Oh, Marilla, can I use the rosebud spray tea set?
In Major Ellison's buttonhole there was a carnation and a rosebud backed by a geranium leaf.
"Rosebud.
No flower of her kindred, No rosebud is nigh, To reflect back her blushes, To give sigh for sigh.
" He called that attachment "the Rosebud phenomenon.
"Rosebud.
Barbara Hall, Northern Exposure, Rosebud, 1993 The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Here were portraits, each one appearing more beautiful than the other—millions of happy beings, whose laughter and song mingled in one sweet melody: some of these were in such an elevated position that they appeared smaller than the smallest rosebud, or like pencil dots on paper.
