composition
Example Sentences
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The book club members reached out to ensure I was driving because, they said, it would determine the composition of their gift.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The background, the light, the composition; all need to be as close to perfect as possible.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Because planets form mostly from the same material as their star, the star's composition helps shape the chemistry of the entire planetary system.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
"I don't mean rainbow colors, but you know, dark browns or tan colors because that tells us something about the composition, and that tells us something about the history of the Moon."
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Vincent isn’t yet an artist when he writes those words to Theo, but he paints the scene perfectly, with color, light, composition, emotion—a landscape of memory.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing composition
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Stroke of Genius: Words About Painting
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