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

David Rooney at The Hollywood Reporter, external is slightly more positive, noting that the film is "muted but never dull" and an "appealingly mellow watch".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Across Silicon Valley, work is being remade as once mellow spaces become dens of din.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 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

Even when Zach told him that he was expected to plan the entire Halloween dance, he was mellow about it.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

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

Evolving from a mellower medley attempted after the production’s 2017 debut, the Megasix picked up its defining feature from producer Kenny Wax.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2023

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

Michael Kiwanuka – Solid Ground The mellowest track on the singer-songwriter’s superb third album strips his sound back to electric piano and strings.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 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

Cooked, it mellows into some like a sautéed onion: soft, loose, languorous, curling in on itself as its flavor deepens.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

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

Memory softens and subdues many a harsh tint, mellows many an incongruity, and blends into a pleasant harmony many things which in their proximity were the reverse of agreeable.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

As the years passed, the frenzy around Diana had mellowed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

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

"I think I've mellowed a fair bit. We do make mistakes and we're also allowed to develop. I coach far differently than maybe I did 20 years ago," Mitchell told Radio 5 Live in 2018.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

The light mellowed as the afternoon deepened around me.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023

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

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

I was listening to Lana Del Rey then, and tonight I’m mellowing out to the Chromatics cover of “I’m on Fire.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera