ripen into
Example Sentences
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Here's some of what's coming, whether to ripen into maturity or to rot on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2017
In that same paragraph, Justice Stevens made a second prediction, one that took a little longer to ripen into brilliant wrongness.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2017
“In my view Sigma Nu is honored that his long ago ‘pledge’ will now ripen into official full membership, a condition many thought already existed.”
From Washington Times • Feb. 5, 2017
The pollinated flowers will ripen into bright red fruits.
From Scientific American • Mar. 21, 2012
It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
