mellow
adjective
soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
were 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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Sometimes the arrangements were mellowing the group’s signature bile; “Green Earrings,” for instance, had kind of a “Love Boat” vibe, while “Third World Man” got pretty schmaltzy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2016
Above their heads a gun was hung, trigger upwards, and two hams were mellowing in the smoke.
From The Patrician by John Galsworthy
The evanescent harvest apples were long since gone, the snows were past their best, the pippins were mellowing under the sharp persuasion of the nippy, frosty nights and the brave gallantry of the sunny days.
From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Ralph Connor
Across the valley the sand-hills were mellowing with the coming softness of twilight.
From The Ramblin' Kid by Earl Wayland Bowman
