a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) i. sig. N3v The sheep, [gave] mild-seeming face.
1872 M. D. Conway iv. 103 It was a mild-seeming ghost of a King, this Presidency, when it stood asking admission into the Constitution.
1991 T. Mo (BNC) 325 They were nothing if not astute, those mild-seeming old men with their erect bearings, gentle manners, and hands reeking of innocent blood.
2015 A. Perry i. 14 He was a mild-seeming man, several years younger than his brother.