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

One of the main differences people cite with leftovers is a mellowing of spices.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 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

Olivia Newton-John is mellowing out on the white slip-covered couch in her Malibu living room.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 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