Example Sentences

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“I feel like I am composing music,” he said, seated on a Steinway stool, with Count Basie playing softly in the background.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

“When I am composing, everything, even drinking coffee, happens according to plan.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021

Colour for him was musical: when the Duke of Urbino once asked him what he was doing he pointed to a painting in progress and responded, "I am composing a tune."

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

Since 15," says he, "I am composing all the time.

From Time Magazine Archive

I give you notice that his philosophy aims only at your wealth, and that you would do well not to conclude this marriage before you have seen the poem which I am composing against him.

From The Learned Women by Wall, Charles Heron