ripe age
Example Sentences
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Pop star Grimes, 37, posted on X that she was the ripe age of 92, even though her top two songs were from pop star Addison Rae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
I opened Sorella at the ripe age of 21 and didn't know the first thing about running a business so during those years I definitely learned a lot through its successes and failures.
From Salon ● May 2, 2024
Orchestrated when Irwin reached the ripe age of 90, such command is to be expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2021
I have severe endometriosis and was told by my doctor at the ripe age of 17 that my chances of having children were extremely low.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2018
Consider a resident of Berlin, born in 1900 and living to the ripe age of one hundred.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
