overripe
Example Sentences
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Remember when I said I don’t like to eat overripe bananas unless they are cooked?
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Morgan, the banker with a raven-wing mustache, overripe nose and chef’s-knife mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In the morning, the sidewalk and pavement along Naomi Avenue are littered with crates of discarded melons, tomatoes and other overripe fruit, creating an ugly sight and putrid odor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
The process is simple: the overripe bananas are peeled, cut into small pieces, weighed, and mixed with sugar, yeast, raisins, water and covered with lemons.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
I realized she had transported homemade food thousands of miles, all the way from Korea, and the stench of overripe kimchee shot up through the cardboard flaps and I nearly dropped the whole thing.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
