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A muscular female soprano — Chi’cas Reid — dominates the vocal mix, with Ayers’ mellow baritone in a supporting role.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

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

The regime would mellow over time with economic engagement, some said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Over time, "you mellow, build networks and take what you can", often in the private sector.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

And time will mellow it, make it a moment for laughter.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The inner fire and determination remain, but he is mellower, more mature these days.

From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026

They were considerably mellower than the originals—we got a taste of what those might have been like from a brief preview set performed by the blues guitarist and singer Memphis Gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Somehow, they managed to produce a multiplatinum album with a mellower and more accessible sound, including the upbeat instrumental “Jessica,” which later won a Grammy Award.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

She’s the mellower, more successful envy of Williams’ character, and yet kind of a regular companion.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

Quackenbush felt mellower by the end of the afternoon as we stood on the float in front of the Crew House, gathering up towels.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Even the mellowest teens are raging against the pandemic quarantine.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2020

Koenig, who carries himself like the mellowest dude at a black-tie event, doesn’t mind if a listener takes something real in his lyrics for something imagined.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2019

“Music After the Fall,” like the blog, addresses a vast range of music, from the gnarliest experimentalism to the mellowest minimalism, and Rutherford-Johnson applies a critical intelligence that is at once rigorous and generous.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 20, 2018

Take Cooke on the JFK campaign trail, the mellowest, most eloquent boy on the bus, and contrast him with Team Media 2012.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012

I say, but the master-at-arms seems to be ignoring me now, so I direct the question to the skull with a rose in its mouth, figuring it might be the mellowest one.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

And Joq is genuinely fascinated by the way hickory smoke mellows and rounds out a pungent blue cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

"Can y'all come straighten it up over here? It's not looking luxurious," Sean "Diddy" Combs says in a voice note to his personal assistants as R&B music mellows in the background.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

As the garden mellows and dies down, potted plants take center stage with their fresh foliage and seasonal shadings.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2023

A generous amount of ginger, cut into matchsticks, mellows and softens as it cooks, and adds a brightness that perks up the deeper flavors.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

The Gulf Stream, from the Gulf of Mexico, heats the ocean on to the west coast of Britain, and mellows the climate there.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.

His views had mellowed by the time he took charge of that “historic disaster” with its awesome control over money and banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Also stripping out energy prices, inflation mellowed to 2.6 percent from 2.9 percent, while headline unadjusted inflation was 1.5 percent, down from 2.1 percent.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

“Happy Gilmore 2,” which Netflix released on Friday, finds its titular bad boy well into adulthood and more mellowed out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

Now 45 and managing his country, Bellamy has mellowed.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025

Old times with R.C. hadn’t always been fun, but maybe fishing wouldn’t be so bad; he was eighteen and probably had mellowed some since we were kids.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

“Dancing on the Ceiling” does the opposite, starting with very verbose Art Tatum-style arpeggios in the verse but then mellowing out in the chorus, and quoting “All This and Heaven Too.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

One of the main differences people cite with leftovers is a mellowing of spices.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

Their mellowing relationship is meant to mirror the growth of civil rights in the South.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

Though Harley and Ivy’s honeymoon phase is already beginning to wane as Harley Quinn’s third season opens, the mellowing of their relationship’s something the series never really frames as a sign of danger.

From The Verge ● Jul. 27, 2022

It was something about her lately, a mellowing, a softening from which this note had come.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie