mellow
adjective
soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
had been mellowing
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past perfect progressiveof mellow.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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It stirred the pulses like some rare vintage, some subtle distillation of sun-warmed fruit that had been mellowing for centuries.
From Judith of the Plains by Marie Manning
