Example Sentences

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As you are composing your essay, the thesis serves as a touchstone to help you determine what material is pertinent.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

“That means that you are composing something to support the melody or make the melody more beautiful or make the melody more exciting.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

One of the rules is that, unless you are composing a list, a semicolon is supposed to be followed by a complete clause, capable of standing on its own.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

“There are not a lot of women who are composing for Broadway, but there are a lot of women who are musicians and great composers out there, great pop musicians,” Tesori said.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2015

As you are composing, listen for how the constraints of using only those five notes, with those pitch relationships, affect your music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones