mellow

Object

• bit: My initial impressions of the book were a bit unfavorable but I am mellowing a bit in my opinion.
• process: This is the mellowing process and it seems the more patient you are the mellower the cheese.
• lot: DI: He's mellowed, mellowed an awful lot.

Preposition: over

• year: Bernard's bass playing has mellowed over the years yet he still retains a mesmerizing tone.

Modifies a noun

• fruitfulness: As somebody before me said " the season of mist and mellow fruitfulness " .
• paneling: Open fires, mellow paneling and period furniture give The Rookery its unique homely feel.
• vibes: Julie and I sat there with a jug of Sangria between us, and mellow vibes abounded.
• tone: The mellow tones rang out over the village, with a church worthy of a town.
• vibe: Relax among the Caribbean colors and a mellow island vibe at the Sunset Jamaica Grande.
• flavor: The addition of chives combines well with the mellow cheese flavor.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: If the ruthlessness of the branch ministries mellowed somewhat over the years, then this was a change of degree, not of kind.
• fairly: Likewise the Sunderland - Newcastle match turned out to be a fairly mellow affair.
• slightly: He is, as most very old people, a slightly mellow type.
• pretty: Roddick says his parents are ' pretty mellow ' - not pushy tennis parents at all.
• quite: Once they have settled in they can be quite mellow about everyday noise.
• yet: Closer, it looks grand, yet mellow, one of the best red brick towers in Suffolk.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: This is where one can sit at dusk with a glass of wine and feel mellow.
• get: Somebody suggested to me that Bryan Hollon is getting more mellow in his old age.

Preposition: with

• age: We have both mellowed with age; in the past neither of us would have rested content with such inconclusive findings.
• time: What I mean to say is, will I, a relatively new arrival perhaps, mellow with time or get even worse?