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

Their mellowing relationship is meant to mirror the growth of civil rights in the South.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 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

Dina’s glory, as always, is her delivery: Nuts, without the mellowing influence of irony, so it doesn’t feel like she’s in on the joke.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2020

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