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The Mirror's Lucy Needham, external noted that the singer was 50 minutes late to start, and may have needed extra time to "compose herself" for the "emotionally charged return".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Magotsi's eyes are filled with tears as he struggles to compose himself.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A New Englander deeply influenced by his reading of the Transcendentalists, Ives went into the insurance business while continuing to compose music, though his compositions weren’t widely performed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Burwell is slated to compose for Barker’s follow-up, “Anything but Ghosts,” about a pair of cynical paranormal investigators who encounter the real thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

I felt a need for time alone to compose myself and think what next to do.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

This is the reverse of many professionals who edit—or copy and paste—whatever an AI tool composes in response to a prompt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

It’s a trait you see in her performance as Sister Agnes, who composes herself with a quiet power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024

He specifically cites the way Pop Crave composes its posts, saying that there is specific psychology to the way its feed operates and rallies its massive follower base.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024

He composes his songs at home - which are no longer than a minute long as he gets out of breath easily - and his sets last just 30 minutes.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024

She takes her mark, composes herself, rocks back and forth a few times, then approaches the bar and flips right over it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

On Monday, Monte dei Paschi’s board said the Intesa proposal still means its shareholders would be exposed to Intesa’s performance, as the proposed consideration remains mostly composed of shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

She sits beside his bed and prays, trying to remain composed.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In recent years, AEW has pitched itself as an antidote to the WWE, but its roster is also almost entirely composed of independent contractors.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The wall text for each piece, which also includes a QR code for audio narration, is composed by RM in both languages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

That night, Fischer composed an elegant apology to Spassky.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

At the moment, groundbreaking AI bots—when they aren’t actively plotting civilization’s demise—are composing elaborate symphonies and solving knotty, generations-old math problems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Gretta relates to her songs as though she were the next Joni Mitchell, but the new material she’s composing on the fly with her new friends doesn’t seem particularly intimate or revealing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was created by the street artist Frank Styles, who hand-sprayed it as four separate works before composing them into a single image across all 58 of the site's Spanish Steps.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

He was speaking from the shaded courtyard garden of his Mayer am Pfarrplatz heuriger, down the steps from the room where Beethoven stayed while composing part of the Ninth Symphony.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Writing a set of variations is considered an excellent exercise for students interested in composing, arranging, and orchestration.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones