mellow
adjective
soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
was mellowing
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past progressiveof mellow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the Pink There had been signs that George Bernard Shaw was mellowing in his lonesome latter years.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it was agreed that he was mellowing, and it was considered likely that the Court would have as much influence on him as he had on it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The roses were already shedding their honours on the mould, and the sear of autumn was mellowing the leaves of the old fruit-trees.
From Willing to Die by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The first flush of dawn was mellowing the eastern sky when the girl was awakened from uneasy sleep by sounds in the yard in front of the ranch house.
From The Cow Puncher by Robert J. C. Stead
Gerald saw how the afternoon was mellowing toward sunset....
From Aurora the Magnificent by Gertrude Hall Brownell
