They crossed the clearing, and Pug wondered at the storm's relative mildness in this one spot in the forest.

What gave the mustard its relative mildness - in comparison with English - was that the paste was heated slightly using hot coals.

But I'm not convinced that these former high-earners and their wives apprehend the relative mildness of their predicament.

"Sit down, lass," Jamie said with relative mildness, nodding toward an empty stool.

Percy sneered, but I thought he seemed reassured by the relative mildness of Brutal's response.

I am used to the relative mildness of Terminus-we've tamed it to an almost Gaian moderation, actually-but I like to get away, at least temporarily, to something different.

Often described as a subtle delicacy, the arils bear an exceptionally mild aroma, quantitatively having about 1/400th of the chemical constituents of fragrant fruits, explaining its relative mildness.

GIVEN all this distraught theological and political context, the extraordinary fact about the eventual Authorized Version is its relative mildness and, to employ a neologism, its accessibility.

I had a salad in mind next, but nothing too jarring after the relative mildness of the spaghetti.

The decline stems partly from the relative mildness of the West Nile outbreak this year in this part of the country, probably because of the weather.