- present participle of ripen.
ripening
Example Sentences
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While convenient, these warmer conditions speed up respiration and ripening, causing fruit to soften and deteriorate more rapidly.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
Risk and ripening at Apple, Tojo’s destructive plan, a father’s formidable presence and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
This year marks a very different start to the strawberry-growing season than in 2024, when the fruit was delayed in ripening following one of the wettest winters on record.
From BBC • May 18, 2025
The company turned the so-called ripening rooms, where tomatoes once were stored, into dorm rooms that hold 14 workers each.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025
Then she flies past the rows of gangly bird of paradise, past the pawpaw tree with ripening fruit, and loses a sandal taking the three front steps in an inelegant leap.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
