How to Use compendium in a Sentence

compendium

noun

• He published a compendium of folk tales.
• In any compendium of foods that serve a crowd, the Bundt cake is a star.
  — Cathy Barrow, charlotteobserver, 27 Feb. 2018
• So many steps skipped on the compendium of force to simply shot him 9 times and call it a day.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
• Be sure to check out our local voter guide for a great compendium of our stories.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
• In tribute, the Times published a compendium of his work, here.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024
• By far, the bulk of the handbook is a compendium of plants that thrive without summer water.
  — Sally Peterson, oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2021
• Below is a compendium of new Italian movies set to hit this year’s fest circuit.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Feb. 2024
• The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play.
  — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
• That the play hasn’t been restaged has fueled the idea, fed by Beaulieu’s compendium, that copies no longer exist.
  — Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
• Miller’s book is, among other things, a compendium of expressions of wonder over what might have been.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• The program contains a compendium of the finest tennis writing.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• Each tweak gets a new patent, which the manufacturer then adds to its official compendium of drug patents.
  — Elisabeth Rosenthal, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Cable pops onto the scene as the kid’s nemesis, and as a lumbering, square-jawed compendium of knowing clichés.
  — New York Times, 14 May 2018
• Add to this compendium Lewis’s culinary team and local peers, and the simmering soup is nearly ready to serve.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026
• The authors of the Lancet article included a compendium of dozens of studies from around the world that shows such a trend.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2021
• All of the above merely amounts to a compendium of signs and anecdotal evidence that point to the strong likelihood of the return.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Apr. 2022
• Race, too, inevitably looms large in the SFA's growing compendium of content.
  — Nancy Matsumoto, Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• Thumbing through a compendium of old drawings, my first real clue to the canal’s origins was marked on a rare map from 1711.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
• The compendium that Sorensen gave Kennedy contains about 150 speeches.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
• Comprised of nearly 40 restaurants, his compendium includes new reviews, a glossary, and a map to find it all.
  — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Here’s a compendium of all the places the Obamas have honeymooned since leaving the White House.
  — Amy Odell, Cosmopolitan, 27 June 2017
• And the Fed’s own Beige Book was nothing more than a compendium of emerging softness in consumption.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Not much, except for a night at the Hollywood Bowl with a bottle of wine, listening to a compendium of his music.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
• The result is something closer to an artist's sketchbook than a conventional travel compendium.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
• The list of eminences who dined with Epstein, flew on his plane, went to his island, and stayed at his mansions is an absurd compendium of the rich and powerful.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 17 June 2020
• Ultimately, though, the album serves as a compendium of a truly life-altering experience on the road.
  — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
• Courtesy of Prime Video Tolkien expounded upon the powers of the rings in a letter gathered in a compendium.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• The movie narrates the life of George Orwell, using a compendium of archival sources, including the great writer’s letters and journals.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2025
• To learn everything about how to become a poll worker in your state, the EAC has a comprehensive compendium with all the details.
  — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
• On Wednesday the world-famous dining compendium inducted a handful of restaurants that will appear in the statewide guide, slated to be published later this year.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026