How to Use unripe in a Sentence

unripe

adjective
  • Bananas are green when unripe.
  • Some red licorice, some tart fruit, unripe raspberry on the palate.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2020
  • Nor did my pantry contain verjus, which is made from the juice of unripe wine grapes.
    — Barry Estabrook, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
  • An unripe fig is one of the few things that get Methuselah's scales in a bunch.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • If the watermelon is still unripe, the spot on the rind will be white.
    — Christine Fiorentino, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • But on a fig tree the flowers themselves are tucked inside an unripe fruit.
    — National Geographic, 29 Sep. 2016
  • Use unripe jackfruit in dishes that call for shredded, ground, or pulled meat.
    — Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Therefore, avoid feeding your dogs unripe tomatoes, as well as the stems and leaves.
    — Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 17 July 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
  • The flavor was bland and the texture was that of an unripe banana – a little chewy.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2023
  • An unripe watermelon may have more of a clear and metallic ring.
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2021
  • Flavors include unripe pears and the mid palate has a honeyed varnish.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Get true unripe green tomatoes, not green heirlooms, which are too delicate to grill.
    — Anya Tchoupakov, Bon Appetit, 30 July 2017
  • White hydrangeas were blooming, and the cherry, apple and plum trees were laden with unripe fruit.
    — New York Times, 18 July 2022
  • Verjus, a grape juice made from high-acid, low-sugar unripe grapes, is a tart beverage.
    — Lia Picard, Southern Living, 19 May 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • The data can be interesting, even if the look is unripe and sometimes crabbed.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Tomatillos have a slightly more acidic, slightly less sweet flavor than ripe and unripe tomatoes.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Black pepper is made from entire unripe mostly green but slightly red berries that have been dried with their pulp and skin intact.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
  • If an unripe berry is in the way, the robot repositions for a better angle.
    — Sam Deanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • 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
  • Pawpaws can’t be forced to ripen—picked too early, an unripe pawpaw will darken, but never turn soft and sweeten.
    — Andrew Moore, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • Place unripe tomatoes in a single layer inside a paper bag (such as a grocery bag), and fold the bag to close it loosely.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
  • 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

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