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How to use the word composing in a Sentence?

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In the symphony of numbers, each prime plays a distinct, unyielding note, composing a harmony that resonates through the corridors of infinity

Martin Tobias Lithner

added by huyenhuyen19921992
1 year ago

Wheat is kind of taking it from all sides here, all things considered, it's doing an OK job of composing itself and not collapsing.

Terry Linn

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom. Let them do what they are best at. While we scrawl interoffice memos and direct national or extranational affairs, men could spend all their time inventing wheels, peering at stars, composing poems, carving statues, exploring continents -- discovering, reforming, or crying out in a sacramental wilderness. Efficiency would probably increase, and no one would have to worry so much about the Gaza Strip or an election.

Phyllis McGinley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?

Rebecca West

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There is no law against composing music when one has no ideas whatsoever. The music of Wagner, therefore, is perfectly legal

The National, Paris, 1850

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.

Donald E. Knuth

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Beyond the formative effects of reading on the individuals composing society, the fact that they have read the same books gives them experiences and ideas in common. These constitute a kind of shorthand of ideas which helps make communication quicker and more efficient. That is what we mean when we say figuratively of another person, We speak the same language.

Charles Scribner, Jr.

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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