Sentence examples for we ripe from inspiring English sources

Think of that quote, then, as "and so from whore to whore we ripe and ripe / And then from whore to whore we rot and rot" and imagine the delighted or possibly rueful reaction of a mostly male and possibly syphilitic audience.

It's even funnier and, of course, smuttier when you realise that Touchstone wasn't talking about time when he drew a dial from his poke and observed "and so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, / And then from hour to hour we rot and rot, / And thereby hangs a tale".

He noted that "from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, and then from hour to hour we rot and rot" (As You Like It) and that "golden girls and lads all must, likely chimney sweepers, come to dust" (Cymbeline).

FROM the Washington Post op-ed section:We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil.- Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska for another 12 days.

Can we find ripe tomatoes in the dead of winter?

(The unsettling flip side, of course, is that we are ripe for manipulation by priming-happy marketers and policy makers).

Abundant raspberry plants grew there, too, and on a rocky promontory we picked ripe blueberries by the handful.

"I've tasted olives that we picked ripe in November and left alone until the following June," said Maurice Penna, who farms 100 acres of olive trees in Orland, Calif.

But back to tagetes - we collected ripe seed heads from the plants on Ruth's plot (and from some that had been consigned to the compost heap).

Surrounded by our technologies and inventions, it may be true that we are ripe for humility, or at least a deeper appreciation of forces wilier and stronger than individual humans or nations can ever be.

We were ripe for the Food Network's Emeril, Rachael, Mario and Bobby, who created a buzz based on celebrity that grabbed not only the middle-aged and the young but also the very young.