ripen

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

May ye swell, twin-berries tender, Juicier far,—and with more splendour Ripen, and more speedily!

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

Ye floods of purple pour in state, Ripen the morn, and roll men's blood along!

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Ripen, ye Custard Apples, round and fair,     Practise your songs, O Bulbuls, on the bough, Surely some sweeter sweetness haunts the air;     Maybe His feet draw near us, even now!

From Last Poems by Hope, Laurence

The Cumulative Vote, the second of the experiments referred to by Lord Ripen, although by no means free from serious defects, has also secured the object for which it was designed—the representation of minorities.

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.

That they were skilfully handled is evident from the fact that a contemporaneous report mentions a trip from Ripen in Jutland to Amsterdam as having been successfully made in two days.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)