How to Use unripe in a Sentence

unripe

adjective
  • Bananas are green when unripe.
  • An unripe fig is one of the few things that get Methuselah's scales in a bunch.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • And, yes, as with the unripe fruit, the Trumpmobile has proven as bad as many feared.
    T.a. Frank, The Hive, 22 Aug. 2017
  • For this recipe, be sure to use unripe tomatoes, which stand up well to the pickling process.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Nor did my pantry contain verjus, which is made from the juice of unripe wine grapes.
    Barry Estabrook, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The flavor was bland and the texture was that of an unripe banana – a little chewy.
    Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Some red licorice, some tart fruit, unripe raspberry on the palate.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Either the bread was too toasted, or the tomato too unripe.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2019
  • But on a fig tree the flowers themselves are tucked inside an unripe fruit.
    National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2016
  • Therefore, avoid feeding your dogs unripe tomatoes, as well as the stems and leaves.
    Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
  • The plot beside the stream is typical: Beds of corn and beans, trees bearing unripe apples and pears.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Its fruits are rich in fat and Amazon tribes use them to make a vegetable oil, but Leslie’s seeds were still unripe when she was found, Muñoz said.
    Caitlin Hu, CNN, 18 June 2023
  • Gill’s mother and her friends would use the unripe fruit to make achaar — different kinds of hot, oily pickles.
    New York Times, 26 May 2021
  • White hydrangeas were blooming, and the cherry, apple and plum trees were laden with unripe fruit.
    New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • It's made with unripe plums, whose sour note balances the richness of fatty beef and ground walnuts cooked into the soup.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And with pumpkins, Savio said, children can carve their names or designs on the unripe fruit and watch it expand as the pumpkins grow.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Use unripe jackfruit in dishes that call for shredded, ground, or pulled meat.
    Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2022
  • In broad terms, tannins are a type of flavonoid molecule, which reside in the bark, leaves, and unripe fruits of a wide variety of plants.
    Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2014
  • Once dried, the fruits look like peppercorns but fresh and unripe, the green berries more closely resemble olives.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2021
  • The first is by utilizing sour and/or unripe fruits, like tamarind, or leaves, like alibangbang or libas.
    Raphael Ilagan, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2020
  • An unripe watermelon may have more of a clear and metallic ring.
    Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Fresh and vibrant on the palate, this shows unripe pear, green apple Jolly Rancher and jalapeño pepper.
    Tan Vinh and Owen Bargreen, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Verjus, a grape juice made from high-acid, low-sugar unripe grapes, is a tart beverage.
    Lia Picard, Southern Living, 19 May 2021
  • If an unripe berry is in the way, the robot repositions for a better angle.
    Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • Pectin thickens jams and preserves, but Simley prefers the natural pectin in fruit skin (unripe fruit has more).
    Leena Trivedi-Grenier, SFChronicle.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Tomatillos, sometimes called husk tomatoes, look like green, unripe tomatoes with a dry, leafy husk that wraps around the outside.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2018
  • So did a head of iceberg lettuce, four tomatoes and four tomatillos, the little fruits that look like green, unripe tomatoes with husks.
    Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022
  • This wine was delightful on the nose with lemon, white flowers, very clean with green apples, on the verge of being unripe, though, which gave the palate a bit of a shock with the acidity.
    Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • Get true unripe green tomatoes, not green heirlooms, which are too delicate to grill.
    Anya Tchoupakov, Bon Appetit, 30 July 2017
  • Get true unripe green tomatoes, not green heirlooms, which are too delicate to grill.
    Anya Tchoupakov, Bon Appetit, 30 July 2017

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