Sentence examples for ripened to from inspiring English sources
By the time my embarrassment ripened to concern, I knew there was no point in lecturing her.
Every now and again I would come across a strawberry ripened to perfection and gobble it down.
A seven-year drought has eased, the wheat heads are big and bursting, and the bluffs along the river have ripened to an unfamiliar velvety green.
On the other hand, the long, pointy, heart-shaped Hachiya type can only be consumed raw after it has ripened to utter softness.
The sex-and-e-mail affair that forced out the C.I.A. director and embroiled the top American commander in Afghanistan has now ripened to the image management stage, and a venerable Washington cottage industry has been fully engaged.
These octapods gradually grew into intermediate shape (II) and ripened to final cubes when the reaction proceeded.
Check each one every three or four days; they will eventually ripen to perfection.
"Right now, we've got berries ripening to 1,000 meters," reported Arthur De Jong, the environmental-resources manager at the ski resort.
The ovary then ripens to form a fruit to protect its developing seeds and aid in their eventual dispersal.
The delicate fruit is not a true berry but rather an aggregate of druplets and ripens to purple or black.
Green and black olives are not necessarily different varieties: some are better picked early and used green, others if left to ripen to inky blackness.
