Example Sentences

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As one that quits the Amra bower—the bright Palasa's pride to gain, Mocked by the promise of its flower—seeks its unripening fruit in vain.

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

What she would dislike would be unripening, going back to something green.

From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth

He was an added weariness upon her unripening nights, her unfruitful slumbers.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)