The whole is built of solid yellow travertine, a material which, by its warmth of colour, is pleasing to the eye, and mitigates the mathematical severity of the design.
"Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Vol III."
John Symonds
The selfish heart deserves the pang it feels; More generous sorrow, while it sinks, exalts, And conscious virtue mitigates the pang.
"Marriage"
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
Upon the greater or less strength of the navy depends, in a maritime conflict, the aggressive efficiency which shortens war, and so mitigates its evils.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan