Sentence examples for were ripe from inspiring English sources

Times were ripe for change.

Commodities were ripe for a correction.

The British Isles were ripe territory for Italian Romantic melodrama.

The conditions, in other words, were ripe for mythologizing.

Why did you feel those areas were ripe for satire?

These young men were ripe for being swept up.

The lemons were ripe and as big as fists.

As with Ireland, the conditions were ripe for the creation of a prestigious theater award.

The majority of artists showcasing at Americana were ripe for discovery.

Mr. Sokolov said the threat was not serious if the melons were ripe.

Amid such a climate Wolves were ripe to be blown away, and they should have been.