How to Use composite in a Sentence

composite

1 of 3 adjective
  • The squirrel house is made of cedar and has a hunter-green composite roof.
    Kelly McMasters, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Cities were then ranked based on their composite safety scores.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • From here, step through the sliding doors onto a two-tier composite deck.
    Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Modern carbon-fiber composite wings are made to bend rather than break.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
  • To keep the piece cohesive, the composite strap is the same blue hue as the dial.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The two dunkers with the highest composite score from the first round will advance to the final round.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The composite effect is of a genie emerging from a lamp.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Sliders open to a composite deck and spacious backyard with above-ground pool.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The four types of volcanoes are composite, cinder cone, plug dome and shield.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The dining area in the kitchen is set before a bank of windows and a slider to a composite deck.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s what a composite top 30 looks like based on those selections.
    The Athletic College Basketball Staff, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The composite substance is stretchy and soft like living tissue.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
  • Key to that lightweight is the composite hull and deck, plus the extensive use of carbon fiber.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The dunkers with the highest composite scores during the two rounds will advance to the final.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The ends of his sticks are naked composite fiber, without the standard rubber plug to protect his hands.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Too much moisture and humidity can cause composite wood to swell, warp, or sag.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • In doing so, Munoz had a composite audience in mind – the guy with the wrench.
    Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The post included a composite sketch of the man and a photo of a tattoo on the back of his left shoulder.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The durable, composite 42-inch shaft is a good length for most freshwater fishing boats.
    Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
  • These are averaged to create a composite score for each person.
    Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Tokyo led the ranking of the best cities for single people with a composite score of 169.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The durable composite deck flooring adds more durability and is friendlier on feet than rough wood.
    Elena Donovan Mauer, Country Living, 28 July 2023
  • The Bradley features an aluminum hull with spaced composite armor.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The all-in-one composite filter is designed to last a full year or up to 528 gallons.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Laminate uses a thin, composite top layer printed to look like wood grain.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The Aggies have five composite five-stars in their current class and are showing no signs of slowing down.
    Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
  • Doha, Qatar, ranked second on the list with a composite score of 165.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • From brown granite to speckled composite stone, there have been more than a few countertop looks that were overdone in the past decade.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Eliminating one composite blade does not slash that figure overnight.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And then there’s the composite body panels, which keep the car’s dry weight just below 4,000 pounds.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2023

composite

2 of 3 noun
  • He spotted a man who resembled the police composite.
  • The body is all-composite as well.
    Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And Petal is a composite of two women?
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 June 2026
  • The hull will be crafted from green epoxy composites and finished in high gloss paint that shines bright like a sword.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was close to flat.
    Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 June 2026
  • The type of safety toe found in the best work for landscaping use can be either steel or composite.
    Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The Nasdaq composite pared its loss to 1%.
    Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The scores are then averaged for an overall composite—the lower the score, the safer the space.
    Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
  • The rear panel is a plastic composite and has a matte finish.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The new bamboo composite costs about one-quarter the price of standard carbon fiber cloth.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was flat.
    Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • The paper kind, meanwhile, is a composite lined with a thin coating of plastic.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The coach uses those interviews to create a composite of how this leader shows up.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The anode uses a graphene-silicon composite and blends with other forms of graphite.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In fact, computer simulations show that ions zoom through this composite at a faster rate.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The acrylic composite is tough, and should there be an issue, Saunders is but a phone call away and is happy to make things right.
    M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The text message above is a Glamour composite based on our reporting.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2026
  • To do this, Schlatter overlaid the crowding composites tracked by Citi.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The panels are made from a proprietary polymer composite with an undisclosed fiber-to-resin ratio.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That actually was a composite of five different passes, one with stunt adults, one with kids, one with the door, one with no door.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This coupe is built around a single-piece carbon-fiber-composite body, and a semi-monocoque bonded chassis.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
  • How long will the Structeryx FRP composite last in the real world?
    New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This process can then be repeated to yield very high metal concentration composites.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Meet Richard and Sarah, both in their late 50s, and a composite of many of these conversations.
    Brian Lasher, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The end product is a rigid frame of aluminum alloy or titanium or carbon composites, with thin foam padding for the seat pan and back.
    New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The homes will be decked out in cross-laminated timber, marine-grade stainless steel, glass, and advanced composites.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of composites, the Spyker C8 is all about aluminum.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Our community is a composite of the very different needs and desires of all who call San Diego home.
    Michael Stepner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Those kinds of composites are always frustrating, because the composites never make any sense.
    Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026
  • Eco-friendly and natural materials are in, while composites are out.
    Megan Johnson, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026

composite

3 of 3 verb
  • My stress test of compositing four video tracks has brought many a video app to its knees in the past with stop-and-go playback.
    PCMAG, 30 June 2024
  • The digital world could then be composited, rendered and viewed on set via playback.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Afterwards, any photo editing app can help composite the pics into a grid.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Her figures are truncated and pushed over the edges of the frame, faces often obscured or composited.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • It was then composited onto live-action background plates.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The senior linebacker also moved up to a four-star prospect in the 247Sports composite ranking.
    Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 31 July 2019
  • Prior to compositing to two metre lengths, high tin, silver, and lead values were capped for each zone individually.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The live action was filmed on a clear day, and so blizzard conditions and smoke, as well as the horde of infected, also needed to be composited into the shot.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 1 June 2025
  • Gongora, who directed and handled compositing for the scene, said much of the sequence’s abstract imagery came from the original manga.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
  • And how much of the footage is composited because otherwise those guys are standing way too close to some actually dangerous robots?
    IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2022
  • In addition, there was machine learning assistance for depth-layer mapping, which composited snow and other atmospherics.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Using those reference points, the camera could be oriented in the digital world, composited and rendered on set by the Unreal Engine.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The live-action scenes were then composited together using Photoshop, and set extensions were completed with Maya software.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Next up is Blender, an open-source 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
    PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Last is Blender, an open-source 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
    PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Last is Blender, an open-source 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
    PCMAG, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Miami’s recruiting class has a good chance to finish in the top 5 of the 247Sports composite ranking and perhaps no group is stronger than the Hurricanes running backs.
    David Wilson Diehards, ajc, 10 Oct. 2017
  • So, what allows the Structeryx FRP composites to exceed standard composite performance?
    New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Eventually, all the versions were composited together using an optical printer.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Smart marvels at the hype around Georgia’s most recent recruiting class, which snapped Alabama’s seven-year stranglehold on the top spot in the 247Sports composite ranking.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • In compositing their stories, Durkin sets up the emotional catharsis of his film, an explosive confrontation moments after Kerry’s death in which Kevin physically takes out his anger and grief on his father.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The Visual Effects Society has composited its 2026 career honorees.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The computer images were printed directly onto a VistaVision negative and cut into the movie, while the backgrounds were composited onto the Kodaliths on an animation stand, and, again, frame by frame.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Finally, the Blender Benchmark tests each system in the open-source Blender 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
    PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • It’s been a pioneering series in many respects, especially for its breakthrough use of an LED Volume for creating realistic backgrounds on-set while actors are shooting as opposed to compositing in visual effects later.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Workstation Tests Our first test for measuring workstation-grade performance is Blender, an open-source 3D content creation suite for modeling, animation, simulation, and compositing.
    PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 200 artists, engineers, and enthusiasts competed to demonstrate shading, lighting, rendering, and compositing techniques using RenderMan tools.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2025

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