mellow

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Composer Bernard Herrmann’s score, his last, is alternately mellow and roiling, befitting its placid but simmering antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

He’s mellow and looks like he could work at a bank — in fact, he pursued architecture before finding a calling in film as a David Fincher protégé.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

And their experience was actually quite mellow compared to other flotillas because of how social media had been reacting to it.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

His voice was mellow and loaded with more meaning than I could fathom.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison