Sentence examples for a ripe number from inspiring English sources

In biblical tradition, 40 is a ripe number, suggesting a pregnant pause before a major transformation: Moses and the Israelites wandering 40 years in the desert, Jesus' 40 days of temptation.

The number of (A) ripe gonads and the number of (B) oocytes/ova per gonad were estimated for three polyps per sample.

The cons: It's not logical – for example, some fruits are okay and others aren't (what's more, a ripe banana has a higher number than an unripened banana).

(This number, "Make a Miracle," made Stephen Sondheim's list of songs he wished he'd written). Mr. Matthews gives a ripe comic performance as the grasping Spettigue.

There's a ripe audience".

Susan lived to a ripe old age.

It tastes like a ripe Munster cheese.

The subject is a ripe one.

Meanwhile, a ripe cast of characters gathers.

I hated it as a child: "a ripe old age".

China is a ripe market.