- present participle of mellow.
mellowing
Example Sentences
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“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
It was something about her lately, a mellowing, a softening from which this note had come.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
