mellow

Her speech was measured, her tone was mellow — even when calling out the most outrageous hypocrisies, the most sinister forms of oppression, she rarely if ever raised it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

We can hardly allow substantive issues to become more pressing while waiting for Xi to mellow or be replaced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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

Christian content creator Jordan Boateng "likes to dance a lot" and says there's more to gospel than just "mellow beats".

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

He laughs, back to his mellow goat-grazing-in-a-field self.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

“And I became kind of absorbed by Karajan’s style, this rounder, mellower, deeper quality of sound.”

From New York Times ● May 21, 2024

A cousin of the sitar, but with a slightly mellower tone, the sarod is fretless, so pitch sliding, almost like a steel guitar does, is a vital component of the technique.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 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

Your dad, Luis A Miranda, works in politics and has a documentary coming out about him… Although I famously have no chill, I always say I’m the mellowest member of my family.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2020

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

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

Chopped basil leaves are added to the freshly cooked chicken, which mellows the herb’s flavor as the leaves gently wilt while we cook sugar snap peas.

From Washington Times ● May 2, 2023

It runs thus:— Of no distemper, Of no blast he died, But fell, Like Autumn’s fruit, That mellows long, Even wondered at Because he dropt not sooner.

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

Now it has mellowed on expectations that an agreement between the U.S. and Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Mr. Mamdani’s election was taken as a sign that the socialist movement had mellowed and matured.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026

It’s intense with a touch of bitterness that’s not necessarily unappealing, but adds a layer of acidity that can be mellowed out with your favorite creamer, milk or sugar.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025

“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

Father Gomez stepped through the window as the evening light lengthened and mellowed.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

“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

In Bourbon County, the local water is naturally filtered through mellowing limestone, which removes every trace of iron, the nemesis of good whiskey.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2023

Olivia Newton-John is mellowing out on the white slip-covered couch in her Malibu living room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022

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