overripe
Example Sentences
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More than 125 years on, the newly reopened villa still feels overripe in the best way: rich, heady and slightly dangerous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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
For fresh fruit, if you're using apples, pears, stone fruit or bananas, make sure your fruit is not overripe and maintains a bit of firmness.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023
This is no small endeavour, with a list of trigger foods which includes all dairy, processed and cured meats, celery, coriander, nutmeg, overripe fruit and vegetables, most beans and coconut.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2022
Curl up on your couch with an overripe banana and forget you ever heard mention of this tale.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
