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

Cuttings of half-ripened wood planted under glass will take root.

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred

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

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred

Nothing in Nature is more lovely than a valley of green half-ripened rice-paddy, surrounded by verdant hills.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

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