- present participle of compose.
composing
Example Sentences
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However, after composing himself, Carter won all five of the remaining frames in the session against the four-time champion, although the Scot would eventually prevail 10-7.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
As anyone who has tried to pay the rent by writing, painting or composing can attest, funding is the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
From his first run with the Academy Awards arranging team in 2008, Walden was hooked; the job seamlessly blended his favorite parts about film scoring and classical composing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Tennyson spent 17 years composing and revising the lyric sequence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Charles Hubert Parry viewed the war, as did Elgar, from an older generation’s perspective, composing a cycle of choral songs of mature, eloquent poignancy in Songs of Farewell.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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