- present participle of compose.
composing
Example Sentences
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His first album of new material for the imprint, “The Singer in My Band,” out Friday, finds his composing gifts intact and also hints at where Mr. Amos should go next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
You're finally about to head off on a well-earned break, but there's one more task to tick off your to-do list: composing an out-of-office reply.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nasa says he’s not sure what he’ll do now that he’s graduated, but one thing he’s interested in is composing for musical theater — or possibly scoring films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
“I actually found it much easier than writing songs about myself. Having the permission to be silly and bratty was so freeing,” Hart said to The Quietus, discussing composing from Lestat’s perspective.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
For the next twelve years lived abroad, in Paris, Rome, and elsewhere, composing the first volume of Dead Souls, the novel considered to be his finest work.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
