was composing
- past progressive of compose.
Example Sentences
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The movie Jon Batiste agreed to make, by Emmy-winning documentary maker Matthew Heineman and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, was supposed to be about the performance of a symphony he was composing.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
I was composing on set and just coming up with little tunes.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
The film also interviews his lifelong friend Nancy Bacal and former lover Dominique Issermann, the latter of whom was living with him when he was composing much of the song.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2022
But that suited the music Hart was composing for a quartet of recorders, nyckelharpa — a medieval Swedish instrument — and a female choir singing alternately in Latin or made-up words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Maybe there was a lecture coming, and he was composing it in his head.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
