Example Sentences

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I exposed for the highlights and let the shadows of the stadium create a compositionally pleasing frame as he delivered a pitch.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

And they also showed that sperm whale codas are indeed combinatorial, similar to the compositionally shown by bonobos and chimps.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Many of her pictures were compositionally similar—frontal, focussed on one person and one sign.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2020

To take up her own suggested comparison, next to Red, Lover is more emotionally advanced and compositionally sophisticated, but is it that album’s artistic superior, or even equal?

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2019

Some canvases seem compositionally confused or too tasteful.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2017