compose
verb (used with object)
to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements.
have been composing
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present perfect progressiveof compose.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“I have been composing my whole life, although I didn’t know initially that was what I was doing,” RZA says about the 11-track album, which was heavily influenced by his philosophical journey towards Chan Buddhism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
At this time Emerson may have been composing his "Wood Notes" or "Threnody" in the cool pine groves of Concord.
From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns
I have been composing in the fields this morning, and came home to write down the first rude sheet of my preface, when I heard that your man had brought a note from you.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Joseph Cottle
"Monty must have been composing poetry," Cosden remarked.
From The Bachelors A Novel by William Dana Orcutt
Here I have been composing my soul to do without it, and here you are vexing me with your vain suggestions.”
From The Sea Wolf by Jack London
