The plums ripen in July. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But there is a kind of passivity, willingness to let experiences accumulate and sink in and ripen, which is an essential of development. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education] Reference
If it was recognizable, it was shoved in a dark corner and allowed to "ripen" for another day. From Wordnik.com. [The Ties That Bind...And Gag!]
Please note that I refrained repeatedly from commiting the pun of saying I was setting it aside to "ripen". From Wordnik.com. [Cat Rambo] Reference
After the cream has been collected, it must be allowed to "ripen" or to. From Wordnik.com. [Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition] Reference
It will take a full day for each of those cloture motions to "ripen" during which not much will happen. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
We make notes about possible column subjects and then let them "ripen" before actually starting to write. From Wordnik.com. [battlecreekenquirer.com -] Reference
"ripen" in a warehouse because they were grown so far south of the border. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Isn't there some machine that can ripen it faster?. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Them Before They Invent Again!] Reference
Even if they do ripen, their flavour seems lacking. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's peach recipes] Reference
Or the ones that ripen oddly from one side to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Neumark: Tomato Thief] Reference
She doesn't so much come of age during the film as ripen. From Wordnik.com. [Drugs, Sex, Whatever] Reference
But who has the time to wait for a piece of fruit to ripen?. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Them Before They Invent Again!] Reference
She stuffed the peach in a brown paper bag to ripen faster. From Wordnik.com. [Peach] Reference
Tip: Decant young wines to let their flavors ripen and bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Divya Gugnani: Demystifying Decanters With Behind the Burner's Divya Gugnani] Reference
If you want to ripen it, a damp cellar will bring it forward. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
But it will take decades for them to ripen into wise spy runners. From Wordnik.com. [INTELLIGENCE: WITH SPIES LIKE THESE...] Reference
"How can anything ripen in the short summers up here?" asked Don. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts on the Yukon] Reference
They seldom produce flowers, and uniformly fail to ripen their seeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
The fruits ripen earlier than similar varieties grown in the Southern. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
Spirit that when they ripen we should return our thanks to Him, and have. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
Peaches need to ripen on the tree; they won't get any sweeter once picked. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes] Reference
The chances are that the region's grapes will not all ripen at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [A Bull Market for Wine] Reference
The Winkler seems to be more hardy than the others, but the nuts do not ripen. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
Oranges and purple grapes and all kinds of lovely fruits ripen in the old gardens. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
The good ole summertime, lacking much news, always seems to be when scandals ripen. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Scandal Edition] Reference
You could pull the whole stalk, let the ear continue to ripen, and harvest it as needed. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: When Sweet Corn Tasted Like Corn] Reference
The fruit on the trees has withered or will not ripen, it is one of the two in every case. From Wordnik.com. [Persephone] Reference
Those that stubbornly refuse to ripen are not going to be helped by any amount of warmth or TLC. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's peach recipes] Reference
The time was not ripe for reconciliation; and more, it would need a great deal of sun to ripen it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Here is the potential to ripen to a healthy, golden perfection before the stalk of life is scythed. From Wordnik.com. [Donna Henes: Autumn: Season of Ripe Maturity] Reference
As Cuba teeters on the brink, militant exiles aren't content to wait for the apple to ripen and fall. From Wordnik.com. [Running Against Fidel] Reference
It may get so warm in Burgundy that those legendary grapes ripen too quickly or languish from "drought stress.". From Wordnik.com. [Vins D'angleterre?] Reference
Concords ripen in late August and throughout September, so look for them in your grocery or produce market now. From Wordnik.com. [Meathead Goldwyn: The Most Wonderful & Unusual Pie: Purple Passion Concord Grape Pie] Reference
It's no crime to cook apeach – and, frankly, it's akindness to any peach that has not been allowed to ripen fully. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes] Reference
The della Gherardescas, once lords over this horizon, have been watching olives ripen from this spot for a thousand years. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Tuscany] Reference
As for what should sustain those hungry millions until the bushes ripen again the following year, she recommends foraging in Central Park. From Wordnik.com. [Lettuce Eat] Reference
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