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

In the morning, the sidewalk and pavement along Naomi Avenue are littered with crates of discarded melons, tomatoes and other overripe fruit, creating an ugly sight and putrid odor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

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

Workers on trucks tipped 120 tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

He was hiding in a tangle of thorns, each branch sagging with overripe berries.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman