Example Sentences

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He always speaks in a low voice, a voice that sounds like a September breeze rustling through a field of dry, half-ripened corn.

From Time Magazine Archive

It will grow in any soil, and may be increased by cuttings of half-ripened wood.

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred

The sole return of157 their labors for the season was a few ears of half-ripened barley which the women saved and carried home in their aprons.

From The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba by Bryce, George

A sycamore overhung the river and somebody had climbed out upon a small branch to reach a few half-ripened grapes growing on a vine that ran up the tree.

From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe

It was like walking between solid walls of vegetation, matted and tangled and bright with half-ripened blackberries.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.