Davey saw no more of her than her sonsy face, surrounded with the fair wisps of curls.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
They never suspected the sonsy motherly woman, two pews behind Donald Menzies, with her face of demure interest and general air of country simplicity.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
Still these sonsy Scots kept a good heart and were able to jest at their misfortunes with the grim humour that belongs to their race.
"The New North"
Agnes Deans Cameron