mellows
- present tense form of mellow (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
This sandwich packs a punch from the briny, garlicky olive salad and spicy cured meats, but the creamy cheeses and fluffy, chewy bread mellows and balances its flavors absolutely perfectly.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2023
It softens him, mellows him, and makes him more sympathetic for other unfortunates—that is, if he's made of the right stuff.
From Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win by Standish, Burt L.
