How to Use mixed in a Sentence

mixed

adjective
  • We ate salads of mixed greens.
  • They live in a mixed neighborhood.
  • His decision got a mixed reaction from the family.
  • The experiment got mixed results.
  • She's of mixed African and European ancestry.
  • The takes on what this study might say about cell senescence are more mixed.
    Max G. Levy, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • The send-off got mixed reviews from critics and fans alike.
    Frederic J. Frommer, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • Place a ramekin of mixed nuts or fruit in the center of the board and artfully arrange meats and cheese around it.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2023
  • Serve the healthy chicken mixture in lettuce wraps, wheat wraps, or over a bed of mixed greens.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • Medium The prediction for the weekend is mixed skies that lean partly cloudy with highs in the mid-80s.
    Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Try serving with mixed berries, Herbed Goat Cheese Dip and crackers.
    Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The law has had a mixed effect for consumers and automakers.
    Coral Davenport, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Their stocks were mixed, but both remain up more than 7% this week after rumors of the deal spread.
    Stan Choe The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023
  • This will cause a problem for agriculture as the flooding sea gets mixed with the lack of rainfall.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 24 May 2023
  • The deal was met with some confusion and has received mixed reviews.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Some of the initial reviews of the book have been mixed, but Hanks is taking the criticism in his stride.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • Select from one, three, six, and 12-month options for small, medium, large, or mixed dogs.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 15 Aug. 2023
  • While food sellers are hopeful the impact of weight-loss-aiding drugs will be mild, the results so far are mixed.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • On a split screen stood two fans — one from each team — behind a table with the ingredients ready to be mixed.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • In Israel, reaction to the U.S. military’s new role in Gaza has been mixed.
    Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
  • As for farmed salmon from Chile and Norway, which make up the vast majority of what’s available, the results are mixed.
    Melissa Clark, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Yet there were some mixed messages in the jobs figures, which also showed that the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade low of 3.4% in April.
    Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Chaim Bloom’s offseason goal of getting more strike-throwers on the staff has seen mixed results.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • Her verdict on one of The Row's first It-sandals was, respectfully, mixed.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 May 2023
  • Reaction to the inspiration for the new logo, though, has been mixed.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Through the first quarter of the season, the results have been mixed, the Lakers’ passing sometimes looking a tick slow as the ball stuck for a blink too long on the perimeter.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The championship is made up of 10 teams and 20 mixed gender pilots, according to Reuters.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 20 July 2023
  • The indictments, in this view, do not simply submit him to the scrutiny of the law and that mixed box of fellow-citizens.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Studios have been revisiting the comedic genre to mixed results.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • Rather than a single black pencil, the look mixed deep red and denim for dimensional depth.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023

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