Examples of 'were ripe' in a sentence

Meaning of "were ripe"

This phrase typically describes fruits or crops that are fully mature and ready to be picked or consumed. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate that something is at its peak or perfect timing for a particular action

How to use "were ripe" in a sentence

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were ripe
They were ripe for his horrors.
So he came around and we were ripe for saving.
They were ripe and red and wide open.
So he came round and we were ripe for saving.
They were ripe for a change in the next elections.
The time and conditions were ripe for consolidation.
They were ripe and needed harvesting as quickly as possible.
Topics such as diplomatic protection were ripe for codification.
They were ripe for attacking.
And when they were ripe.
Her lips were ripe and so close.
Accusations of nepotism were ripe.
The conditions were ripe for this to happen.
I said my mother criticized young communists for committing before they were ripe.
The first ones were ripe this afternoon.

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This is a list of colleges and universities with endowments that were ripe for divestment.
The times were ripe for a führer.
All these islands erupted out of the sea and were ripe for colonisation.
Poor people were ripe for exploitation.
When the seasons And the cycles of the moon were ripe.
The people were ripe for repentance.
The articles on State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts were ripe for embodiment in a convention.
So they were ripe for recruitment.
Conditions were ripe.
Conditions were ripe for dramatic changes in the banking system.
The situation and the masses were ripe enough for our actions.
You were ripe to be plucked.
Both officers believed that conditions were ripe for a UN backed peacekeeping mission.
The times were ripe for that resurgence of the saints that was on its way.
Thirty is the age when the Jewish community felt like individuals were ripe for leadership.
Conditions were ripe for icing.
Since I was born in the fall just when the chestnuts were ripe.
The time and place were ripe for a religious renaissance.
He let us know when the leeks, cabbages and aubergines were ripe.
They were ripe to be robbed.
Some weeks ago I speculated that conditions were ripe for a home business resurgence.
The pips were ripe and the tannins in the skins showed very good extractability.
Decided that conditions were ripe to re-launch the talks.
Now they were ripe for the comfort he designed, by making himself known.
It was summer ; the peaches were ripe in the valley orchards.
And, that moment had presented itself since the conditions were ripe.
But the times were ripe for new digital paths.
And if they were sinners, then they were ripe for judgment.
When the bananas were ripe He sent the sun to harvest them.
He grasped that nationalism, nativism and xenophobia were ripe for a rerun.
We waited until they were ripe and no one could take them before.
Though the exact cause is still unknown, conditions were ripe for a fire.
Conditions in the Gulf of Mexico were ripe for further strengthening of the storm.
Yet, at this very point Christ declared that the fields were ripe.
When chestnuts were ripe I laid up half a bushel for winter.

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