During storage of the malt a kind of mellowing occurs, the mechanism of which is not understood.
At the same time heavy dews at night whilst the barley lies cut in the field, or even a sprinkling of rain, assists in mellowing the grain, which often in consequence works the more freely on the malting floors.
But under these conditions mellowing does not occur, hence the necessity of reducing the moisture content gradually after the last sprinkling water has been given.
Till all the lingering deep-blooming splendour of sunset is over, And the one star shines mildly in mellowing hues, like a spirit Sent to assure us that light never dieth, tho' day is now buried.
Many a morn the sunny darling Saw the rising chariot-rays, From the winding river-reaches, Mellowing in amber haze.
But instead of to woo, thou hast learnt to coo: Thy song is mute at the mellowing fruit, And the dirge of the flowers is sung by the hours In silence and twilight alone.
Now we follow the Tiber, a swollen, hurrying, turbid river, in which the mellowing Western sky reflects itself.
The evening is beautiful--golden light streaming softly from behind us on this prospect, and gradually mellowing to violet and blue with stars above.
The leaves were still green, mellowing to golden; but the fruit was ripe and heavy, ready at all points to fall.
Yet the material is a fine warm travertine, mellowing to dark red, brightening to golden, with some details, especially the tower of the Palazzo Communale, in red brick.
The birds stilled their song for this new music in minor mellowing tone.
Above their heads a gun was hung, trigger upwards, and two hams were mellowing in the smoke.
Then in the east the moon rises mellowing and softening the beautiful scene, while all about you is the eternal roar of the waters.
When the day is clear how the sunshine dusts the water with purplish bloom, mellowing its hard, cold tint of greenish blue.
Nor was the mellowing sunlight unkind to her face, for the racial sallowness of her cheeks, accentuated by too constant exposure to the elements, was softened and shaded into a gentle brown.
In addition--though none was needed--the mellowing sun lingered on her hair till it seemed like strands of gold.
It is under the mellowing influence of a smile that the hardest men fall.
It changes the aspect of the blackest deed, and under itsmellowing influence rank rebellion, it is well known, comes out oftentimes, if not always, in the pure and beautiful light of patriotism.
The strains had a mellowing and soothing influence upon the whole company, and so what at one time bid fair to take a serious turn passed off quietly, and so ends the longest if not the dullest chapter in this eventful history.
So day by day, as I walked my monotonous round upon the ever mellowing soil, the prairie spring unrolled its beauties before me.
VI But, if such homage thou disdain As doth with mellowing years agree, One rarely absent from thy train 135 More humble favours may obtain For thy contented Votary.
Beyond a green and level lawn, Its porch and roof of roses dawn Through arching trees that lend a mellowing shade.
Remembrance only wakes them to forgive; While vice and error steal a soft relief From the still twilight of a mellowing grief.
Their soft tones stand out in relief against a background now darkened and enriched by the mellowing influence of time.
The colours are harmonious, and show the mellowing influence of time.
He compares his soul to a high, bare craig, without any crannies in which flowers may lurk, untouched by the mellowing influences of sun and shower.
If it be true that things like these To heart and eye bright visions bring, Shall not far holier memories To this memorial cling Which needs no mellowing mist of time To hide the crimson stains of crime!
There the beauty of holiness, of purity, of that inward grace which passeth show, rests over it, softening and mellowing its features just as the full calm moonlight melts those of a rough landscape into harmonious loveliness.
A thin sweet haze of smoke hung constantly in the air mellowing the blue of the sky, softening the outlines of the hills, aromatic as an incensed cathedral.
Nor did he even care for the great bars of sunlight that fell in golden splendour across his bed, causing the old dog to wink, and sneeze, and smile beneath their mellowing beams.
They brought the breath of spring mellowing into summer, freighted with emanations of real love, touched and tinctured with joy so habitual it had become spontaneous on the part of Leslie Winton, and this morning contagious with Douglas Bruce.
At its next pause its voice arose again, sweeter for the mellowing distance, and then another bird, not so far away, answered.
For a few days longer the business of the settlement lagged, and the place wore an air of mourning, despite the ever-brightening and mellowing season.
Homeward bound," she whispered, happily, and turned her face from the mellowing coast of the wilderness to the wide east.
And when the cluster's mellowing dews Their warm enchanting balm infuse, Our feet shall catch the elastic bound, And reel us through the dance's round.
Lichen faces take on the brightest colours they ever wear, and rough, coarse mosses emerge in rank growth from their cover of snow and add another perfume to mellowing air.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mellowing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
