Hell was a mild word for what his warriors would have to endure.

Smith had a thing - curiosity is too mild a word - for natural springs.

I wondered what had been in Olaf's eyes when he spoke those mild words.

However it had turned out, disaster would surely have been too mild a word.

"Escape" may even be a mild word to use in describing the game.

Such a mild word for cutting off a man's hand.

"Disorder" is a mild word for the chaos of Fox's early life.

Struggle is a mild word for the gyrations of the stock market this week.

Desire would have struck me as too mild a word.

Lucrative was indeed a mild word for the mercenary business.