mellow

The mansion’s interior is “not heavy or dark,” she writes, “rather it is light and mellow and the panels have finely carved patterns around their edges.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The reading, which followed a mellow consumer-price index print the day before, is resetting expectations about what the Federal Reserve will do next month—and in a positive way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Up top are mellow selections made for sipping soda or soju.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

They could see each other clearly in the moon’s mellow light.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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

“Yacht rock” quickly entered the lexicon as a catchy and evocative genre tag for the mellower side of ’70s pop; yacht rock–themed parties and DJ nights have proliferated ever since.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023

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

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Take Cooke on the JFK campaign trail, the mellowest, most eloquent boy on the bus, and contrast him with Team Media 2012.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012

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

The spinach mellows everything out, and adding heavy cream to the eggs helps them to bake up nice and fluffy, kind of like a quiche, instead of dry and gritty.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 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

To-day I tried the effect of the hint, but the amber water mellows the woman’s features, and the ruby light rendered them sullen and rigid.”

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson

They have since mellowed to a recent 6.3%.

From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026

As much as Bellamy might have mellowed as a coach, his half-time tirade demonstrated that his fiery temper is still in there somewhere.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

I mellowed it with a dollop of cold yogurt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

They had mellowed with the years, however, and were now more tolerant, exacting only the dutiful homage they felt to be their due as conquerors.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

“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

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

For one thing, Pete himself has become a far more interesting protagonist, losing the cocky air of petulance and impunity and mellowing into a man with some miles on him.

From Washington Post ● May 24, 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