ripe age
Example Sentences
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Pop star Grimes, 37, posted on X that she was the ripe age of 92, even though her top two songs were from pop star Addison Rae.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
The Winter Olympics saw an usually large number of competitors in their 30s and 40s, a relatively ripe age for world-class athletes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2022
When I first made the dish, I was the ripe age of 13 years old, and I assure you that I was the only 7th grader who would rush home to start cooking.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021
I have severe endometriosis and was told by my doctor at the ripe age of 17 that my chances of having children were extremely low.
From Slate • Sep. 7, 2018
Consider a resident of Berlin, born in 1900 and living to the ripe age of one hundred.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
