ripen
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become ripe.
is ripening
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present progressiveof ripen (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He explained how the pollination process works and detailed the numerous ways employees try to protect the fruit while it is ripening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
Orchard fruit, when it is ripening, is generally degraded by wet weather.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
Fruit is ripening and vegetables are shooting up in Lebanon's lush Bekaa Valley, but the head of the region's farmers' syndicate, Ibrahim Tarshishy, is still a worried man.
From Reuters ● May 12, 2021
By setting simple parameters–the story of the 1960s–Mad Men shows over the years that, no matter how many times Don lights the same cigarette, the decade is ripening around him.
From Time ● Apr. 4, 2013
The fruit is ripening, I thought, the birds are already here.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
