Example Sentences

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What had been a prediction had ripened into reality.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Once the bananas had ripened in New Jersey, they were loaded into trucks again.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2017

Publicly, the Obama administration pointed to the evidence of chemical weapons use, which one senior administration official said had "ripened" in the last two weeks.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2013

Forecasters had been warning of bad weather since last Wednesday and on Sunday said conditions had ripened for powerful tornadoes.

From Time • May 20, 2013

Six crops of persimmons and wild grapes had ripened.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong