Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

ripe

[rahyp] / raɪp /




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.

See Examples For:

In 2007, at the ripe age of 80, Mandell played a cantankerous, aging Nuremberg judge in a two-character production of “Trying.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The global market for smart home displays, which is both small and shrinking, seems ripe for reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

He said he thinks the AI industry faces “a different mission, and the legislation is not as ripe as it was in the crypto debate.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now, half of all U.S. adults under 50 get their wellness advice from social media, and that is a ripe breeding ground for private companies to market to audiences.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The paved road in front of us, lined with glittering ivory bricks on one side and edged with golden stones on the other, curved around ripe orchards stuffed with fruit trees I never knew existed.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

I spotted a box on the ground with rejected fruit, a little riper or blemished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 1, 2025

In other words, apple growers and supermarkets began selling redder apples to convince consumers that redder meant riper and also, better.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2023

This week we have two sauvignon blancs of different styles: a mineral-driven example from the Loire Valley in France and a riper, more effusive expression of the grape from New Zealand.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

"Some wanted to smoke us out, but the big one said there was riper fruit upriver, and they made for the Mummer's Ford."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

The Justice Department has charged an Army special forces soldier, alleging that he used one of the world’s ripest insider-trading platforms to profit off of advance knowledge of a military operation.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

Jaimin Rangwalla: What makes technology attractive is that it is one of the ripest areas for disruption.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Armed with these tips, you can confidently select the ripest peaches and enjoy them in multiple ways.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

Sloe gin also has a Christmas association because the berries are at their ripest in the autumn, and its “earthy warm flavor” suits the time of year, she adds.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

I had to give Pamela the sweetest, ripest ones.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine


Vocabulary lists containing ripe

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com