Sentence examples for barely ripe from inspiring English sources

The family eventually realized that the warm growing season on Diamond Mountain was unsuited for grapes destined for sparkling wine, which are best when barely ripe.

So now that she was awake, how did Ms. Lawrence, at the barely ripe age of 22, with "Hunger Games" and "X-Men" sequels in her near future, plan to celebrate?

The barely ripe blackcurrant crunch and astringency of a cheap bordeaux like Waitrose's Good Ordinary Claret (£5.19) can add grit, bite and freshness to a jammy red from the heat of South Australia such as Bushland Estate Shiraz (£4.59, Aldi).

Eating a barely ripe banana (more towards the green side, with no spots) is great for several reasons.

To ensure that the vegetables stay fresh for as long as possible, choose vegetables that are just barely ripe or slightly unripe.

You should try to find the freshest, barely-ripe corn available.

He's right: Ripe avocados can barely survive a trip home in the shopping bag; hard ones ripen perfectly and evenly on the counter.

"Bob le Flambeur" may be the most diaphanous piece of movie cool ever completed; in storytelling terms, it barely exists, a quality that makes it ripe for a remake.

It was a night when Everton barely offered the briefest sense they might be ripe for an upset.

Many retailers, banks, commodity producers and pharmaceuticals companies ended 2008 barely hanging on, Mr. Gijsels said, making them ripe for acquisition.

As for Lady Macbeth (played by Alex Kingston as a ripe beauty going to seed), she's a study in barely repressed hysteria from the beginning.