overripe in a sentence
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📚 Grade Level: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Definition
Overripe refers to fruit that has ripened beyond the ideal stage, often becoming excessively soft and brown.
Sample Sentences
- The bananas on the counter were overripe and starting to turn brown.
- She decided to make banana bread since the fruit had become overripe.
- An overripe peach can be deliciously sweet, but it may also be too mushy to eat fresh.
- The farmer warned that leaving the tomatoes on the vine too long would leave them overripe.
- He tossed the overripe avocados into a compost bin instead of letting them go to waste.