How to Use ripe in a Sentence

ripe

adjective

• The apples are nearly ripe.
• Use berries that are on the edge of being too ripe, Kanell says.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• That’s the bulk of their diet until the berry crop gets ripe.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
• When the fruit is ripe, the pearls are crisp and crunchy, and explode like Pop Rocks in your mouth.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
• Your home is ripe for a makeover, and these sweet, fruity shades are just the ticket.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2024
• To one politician, the time was ripe for a bold idea: a four-day workweek.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• The climate for this hot strike spring and summer was ripe.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Dec. 2023
• The habanero is least ripe when green, and its taste a bit more bitter and acidic.
  — Pati Jinich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• To her, the entire world was a great story ripe for the making.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• The fourth story is Valhalla: leather goods, and the air is ripe with the pheromones of bag lust.
  — Mike Albo, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2022
• Also, make sure to have a ripe pineapple ready to cut up for this recipe.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
• The ripe dark berry notes are more bright orange and banana.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• This wasn't the first time someone thought the artwork was ripe for picking.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 1 May 2023
• Almost 70 years later, the shoe looks ripe for the picking.
  — Emma Spedding, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
• Over the years, the ripe, red tomatoes grew and so did the stories about Pignatano’s green thumb.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
• Over the years, the ripe, red tomatoes grew and so did the stories about Mr. Pignatano’s green thumb.
  — Ben Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
• This time of year, cherry and grape tomatoes are the sweetest and most ripe.
  — Anita L. Arambula, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• Here's how to do it yourself: Place a little vinegar and a chunk of very ripe fruit in a jar.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Take two harvest pails to the garden—one for ripe fruit and one for rotten fruit.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2023
• Peaches: For this recipe, peaches that are ripe but still firm are best.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• The official jour d'amour is just around the corner, and the best Valentine's Day gifts are ripe for the picking.
  — Annie Blackman, Allure, 24 Jan. 2025
• The autumn olive berries are ripe and perfect for jelly.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 30 Sep. 2022
• This means that ripe fruit will raise your blood sugar more than a food with a low glycemic index.
  — Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023
• These staples of awards seasons are ripe for a bit of shaking up.
  — Ramin Zahed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
• This is ripe for abuse and people getting sick and trips to the emergency room.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2023
• McGurk later told Trump's envoy the time was ripe and his push was needed.
  — Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
• There’s a special hell that is a ripe pimple cropping up in or around your nose.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Jan. 2024
• Allen and Maria’s son, Earnest Young, moved to Virginia after the death of his adoptive parents and lived to the ripe old age of 83.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
• Thomas Webster at the Jan. 6 Rally Inevitably, some of the outcomes were ripe for second-guessing.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2025
• The time is not ripe for any further legislative action this session.
  — Jim Martin, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 27 Feb 2025