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
“Boyfriend says it has aromatics of slightly overripe banana,” one Reddit user, leemoongrass, commented, adding, “It honestly isn’t that bad.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
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
For fresh fruit, if you're using apples, pears, stone fruit or bananas, make sure your fruit is not overripe and maintains a bit of firmness.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023
Here people walked fast to juggle the dimes, to make a deal, to find cheap liver or a tomato that was overripe.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
