Sentence examples for mellow shade from inspiring English sources

While not dark enough to merit the "noir" badge of honor, "Joe's Word" is a mellow shade of blue.

Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.

Doug Jaeger, one of the hosts, complemented his dance partner's gilt leather headband with a Midas touch of his own, tinting his face and scalp a mellow shade of gold.

It would likely do better in mellower shades, or, perhaps, after dark at a club, where lips need more amplification ($22 at Deborah Lippmann).

The tubes' cardboard color seems to be mellowing into a shade more like parchment.

Since he is portrayed by Donald Sutherland, Malcolm is a shade mellower than his antecedent.

Here, again, nothing has been changed -- not the conversational arrangement of the mostly 19th-century French furniture, not the faded ottoman that serves as a coffee table and is said to have belonged to Queen Victoria, not the walls mellowing to a shade of custard.

An artist with a winning stage presence, Ms. Genaux sings with a distinctive, dusky timbre and a wide palette that encompasses shades both mellow and bright.

Willie Nelson He's 77, he has shoulder-length hair, a Stetson and shades, and a mellow voice that pushed out 30 sings in an hour, among them "Whiskey River", "Crazy" and "Good Hearted Woman".

A small continental breakfast appears in the morning, and in the shade of an evergreen the patio becomes a mellow dining room.

This is made by simmering butter until it darkens a shade – the fatty blandness of normal butter is displaced and a mellower, nuttier flavour takes its place.