How to Use compose in a Sentence

compose

verb

• She composed a letter to her sister.
• He is in his studio composing.
• One of his college projects was working on a program to compose music, printing out the scores on a plotter.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 8 June 2022
• The remainder of the top 10 is composed of holiday favorites.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 9 Dec. 2024
• Toprak is also the first woman to compose an original theme for an NFL media package.
  — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 19 July 2022
• Even artists who compose and arrange alone usually then work with a producer and engineer, or bring in studio musicians to flesh out their ideas.
  — Gary Smith, SPIN, 21 June 2022
• This absorbing début story collection is composed of quiet snapshots of life in Kashmir.
  — The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• The Edge are in discussions to compose original music for the film, Variety can reveal.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 19 May 2022
• Known as base editing, the technology empowers researchers to pick a single letter amongst the three billion that compose the human genome, erase it, and write a new letter in its place.
  — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022
• Purdie gave her assignments to compose and write arrangements for the New School’s R&B ensemble.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
• Cantu halted the action, allowing Fortuna extra time to compose himself.
  — Jose Quintero, USA TODAY, 17 July 2022
• The distracting health care blame game At the dawn of the modern American health care system, the private industries that compose much of the medical sector were allies.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
• It is composed of 16 judges across four districts in the state.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
• The late Ryuichi Sakamoto, who knew Paik, composed the film’s theme.
  — Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• The iPhone camera has a setting to show a grid to help compose shots.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
• In fact, over 50% of the human body is composed of water.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• Five of the eight songs, composed but not recorded in 1995, were co-written by Deutsch.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• Once that's the case, anyone could compose their own feature films that way as well.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022
• Less than 5 percent of Earth is composed of rocks from the planet’s first billion years.
  — Marissa Grunes, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
• The City Council is composed of four councilmembers and the mayor.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
• The chatbot can write, compose, and problem solve in response to a prompt in a matter of seconds.
  — Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
• The album is composed of 21 glimmering shards, none of the tracks extending much past the two-minute mark.
  — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 17 Oct. 2023
• Pop songs aside, AI is even being used to compose symphonies.
  — Paul Herrera, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2022
• Jon Batiste, who is composing the score for the film, will portray Preston.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
• As Mathews hugged Baur, the actress took a moment to compose herself and wipe her eyes again.
  — EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
• About 40 percent of each one’s weight is composed of a high explosive mixture; the rest comes from its steel case.
  — John Ismay, New York Times, 11 May 2024
• Along with Bacon joining the set, their son Travis, 34, composed the film's music.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
• On the other hand, why would someone compose a long, polished message, if not to hear back?
  — Ginny Hogan, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022
• The beaches on this part of the coast are composed of fine, soft sand, which makes visiting the famed Dune du Pilat (the tallest sand dune in Europe) a must.
  — Sara Lieberman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
• The board is composed of seven members who are elected to staggered terms.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024