- present participle of compose.
composing
Example Sentences
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His first album of new material for the imprint, “The Singer in My Band,” out Friday, finds his composing gifts intact and also hints at where Mr. Amos should go next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was created by the street artist Frank Styles, who hand-sprayed it as four separate works before composing them into a single image across all 58 of the site's Spanish Steps.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
His Disney Hall debut followed in early 2007, and that settled it for Salonen, who was eager to spend more time composing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed while composing part of the Ninth Symphony.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Andrew Brown’s print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
