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

The process is simple: the overripe bananas are peeled, cut into small pieces, weighed, and mixed with sugar, yeast, raisins, water and covered with lemons.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Knowing what to look for will ensure you choose ripe, flavorful peaches rather than disappointing, overripe or green peaches.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

But you can apply the method to all sorts of odds and ends, making kraut from kale scraps or hot sauce from overripe chiles.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

The air was full of a sweet, overripe smell and the high-pitched calls of fruit-sticky bonobos.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer