mellow

Better that they didn’t recognize the mellow greatness of OG Anunoby, the most underrated talent in the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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 returned to RCA with “Emergence,” a mellow record designed to follow King’s “Tapestry” onto the radio, but that airplay never materialized: Sedaka was still seen as a relic of the early ’60s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

That mellow approach made her such an outlier in the vicious world of international figure skating that she might as well have showed up with roller skates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

There were times when it seemed to stop altogether; then it would surge forth again, mellow, nostalgic, sweet.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

When he described visiting the Mani, his voice became even mellower than usual, and his eyes glistened.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Often when I cook shrimp, they’re the sweetest, mellowest elements on the plate, sharpened by the likes of garlic and lemon.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

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

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

It arouses slumbering sentiments and mellows old memories into a throbbing happiness.

From Book of Etiquette Volume I by Eichler, Lillian

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

While it’s unlikely that Klodjan will be up for a statuette, the powers that be have mellowed to the idea of AI-generated music being worthy of praise.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 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

Outside of prison, Ngendane had been violently opposed to the Freedom Charter, but in prison, particularly when sent to our section, Selby mellowed.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“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

The moment she had put her foot on the step leading up to the porch, she saw her ripeness mellowing and rotting before a heap of red velvet scraps on a round oak table.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison