mellowing

It hesitated, its expression mellowing into doubt.

The Thief of Always Barker, Clive, 1952- 1992

Like teenagers who see their elders settling into a personal style of dress, these writers miss their elders 'subtle, but constant, experimentation with style, structure, music, etc., and see maturity as a sort of death or "mellowing".

SeeLight: 2006

Like teenagers who see their elders settling into a personal style of dress, these writers miss their elders 'subtle, but constant, experimentation with style, structure, music, etc., and see maturity as a sort of death or "mellowing".

Fad Writing and Morality 2006

Just when we thought it was kind of mellowing out it just hits us hard.

CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2006 2006

A kind of mellowing atmosphere surrounds all objects in his pages, and tinges them with poetical hues.

Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868

In this case, the wife is not merely Muslim, she’s a fanatic Muslim who, moreover, was just kind of mellowing along until her visit to the old country.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Wife’s “Anti-American Sentiments” (and Perhaps Anti-Semitic Sentiments) 2007

Actually, I have few problems with the politics here: I must be mellowing, or maybe I just don't have a political dog in this fight.

Archive 2009-04-01 2009

Just as I lay down to fall asleep in my mellowing depression, the sun-shower stops.

Road Trip Glen Binger 2011

Thank hevvins there was a mellowing out in the last four decades.

how to "pass" for a Mexican 2009

In her comments here (amazingly enough not deep-sixed like Mallick's column -- Cruikshank must be mellowing), the Zerb said the following, cited here in context: the CJC marched in the Pride Parade.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009