mellow
Example Sentences
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There’s its flavor profile, which is sharp and pungent when consumed raw yet mellow, nutty and almost buttery when cooked down.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Over time, "you mellow, build networks and take what you can", often in the private sector.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
He returned to RCA with “Emergence,” a mellow record designed to follow King’s “Tapestry” onto the radio, but that airplay never materialized: Sedaka was still seen as a relic of the early ’60s.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
That mellow approach made her such an outlier in the vicious world of international figure skating that she might as well have showed up with roller skates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
They could see each other clearly in the moon’s mellow light.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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