mellow
Example Sentences
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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
The drums can produce melody and, while mellow, come alive with a speed that dramatically raises the pulse rate.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 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
Newquay's Concrete Waves skatepark, with its tiled edges and concrete coping, is "mellow facsimile", said Mr Bishop.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
His voice grew mellow and his eyes looked into the future.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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