Example Sentences

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But I like the combination of sweet-savory tastes and find half-ripe plantains easier to peel and mash than the green ones.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

I fry those half-ripe plantains in a good amount of oil, too — once they turn a darker golden color, they're ready to scoop out, cool, and process.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021

There was the puckery taste that almost made me cry when I ate my first half-ripe persimmon.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The woods and wilds, the rolling hills, the silvery stream, the half-ripe grain moving in the wind, as waves at sea move, and the silvery sunshine over all.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

And in the last row there hung only a single half-ripe peach.

From The Chinese Fairy Book by Wilhelm, Richard