compose
Example Sentences
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Yet, Belichick was unable to muster the necessary 40 votes from a 50-member selection committee composed of football reporters and other prominent figures in football.
From Los Angeles Times
I grab a pen from the table and begin drawing Dorothy Dingle on the back of my hand while I try to compose a grown-up-sounding answer.
From Literature
Then she clears her throat and closes her eyes, composing herself.
From Literature
I told the audience, composed mostly of students of journalism, that as a young reporter I had myself witnessed the inspiring culmination of all this in 1989 when I'd stood in Wenceslas Square in Prague.
From BBC
Ahmed looked relatively composed in Colombo but whether 13 off 18 balls has done enough to persuade England coach Brendon McCullum it is an experiment worth persisting with remains to be seen.
From BBC
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