How to Use ripe in a Sentence

ripe

adjective

• The apples are nearly ripe.
• The premise seems ripe for actors to appear in the flesh.
  — Peter Lehman, Chron, 18 Mar. 2022
• 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
• To them, the seat was ripe for change even before Young died.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Its name describes the way its seeds shoot out of its pods when ripe.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• 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 time is ripe for a geothermal boom You’re all caught up.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
• The tomato was ripe, the onion slices added bite and the tuft of alfalfa sprouts was fresh and earthy.
  — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 July 2025
• 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
• Red, ripe tomatoes can yield seeds ready to grow your next crop.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• 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 year’s games were ripe for the age-old redemption plot.
  — Megan Ditrolio, Marie Claire, 30 July 2021
• Give It a Sniff at the Base A ripe pineapple should smell sweet and fragrant at the bottom.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
• This time of year, cherry and grape tomatoes are the sweetest and most ripe.
  — Anita L. Arambula, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• The time is ripe for the removal of this nonsensical ban.
  — Paige Lambermont, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
• Bananas are one of those fruits that can go from perfectly ripe to overly browned in no time.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
• The template is ripe for possibilities, with variations on the liqueur and the citrus, but a must is a great agave spirit.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2026
• An intelligent robot could, for example, detect when fruit and berries are ripe and pick them.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
• The internet is ripe with debate over this topic.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Apr. 2026