self-composed
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-composed
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Creative robot Ai-da is performing a self-composed poetry response to Dante’s Divine Comedy to mark the 700th anniversary of the Italian poet’s death.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021
Until these materials were made available to researchers, the portrait that Roosevelt had cultivated during his life, one largely accepted by his biographers, was of a man gilded with optimism, unflappable, self-composed, self-confident.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017
Virgil’s self-composed epitaph was laconically modest: “Cecini pascua, rura, duces” — “I sang of pastures, farms and commanders.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2017
Susan has been self-composed for the entire film; we catch glimpses of quiet tenderness, but never moments of childhood abandon, of genuine, happy surprise.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2012
Considering she was meeting a giant for the first time in her life, the Queen remained astonishingly self-composed.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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