How to Use composition in a Sentence

composition

noun
  • The teacher reminded us to hand in our compositions at the end of class.
  • Some of the tracks were mashed up with Beethoven compositions.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 July 2018
  • That growth has altered the racial composition of the schools.
    John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2019
  • There’s the musical work—the lyrics and composition—and there’s the recording of that work.
    WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Plus, the composition of snow is in a constant state of flux, even during the race.
    Author: David Segal, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The framing of the doors was kind of interesting to me in terms of the composition.
    The New York Times, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • That said, the composition of which group is net long or net short varies over time.
    Javier Paz, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • But Beilein already has a good idea of the composition of next year’s team.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
  • There’s a lot of learning that takes place in the act of composition itself.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The composition of the garden is variable and will evolve through the seasons.
    Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The composition of the same person’s nose also evolves from day to day.
    Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • How long did the composition take for the film, and was that more or less on par with your previous projects?
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2022
  • In the big, whitewashed room, the colors are faded, but the composition is dreamy.
    chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2021
  • It's evolved over time to try to meet the composition and performance of breast milk.
    Ashley Welch, CBS News, 10 July 2018
  • More of a composition of your body to give you a more complete idea of what’s going on.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 8 Mar. 2022
  • That’s by far the most likely composition of the four-team playoff.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Her talking to me about the power of composition was huge.
    Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And changes in body composition might take between six and 12 months.
    Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Having poor taste and composition skills seems to be the constant.
    Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 29 May 2018
  • As the eye seeks the creature, it’s drawn deeper into the composition.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • The size and composition of our group — four adults, two kids, and two dogs — would dictate our options.
    Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The guide will talk about the flowers in bloom and offer tips on photo composition.
    Paige Fumo Fox, Daily Southtown, 10 Apr. 2018
  • As trees and plants age, light and other features change—and the composition of creatures in the area changes in response.
    National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The Eighth may well be the ultimate left-brain, right-brain composition.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
  • And if there’s a need to switch vaccine composition, how quickly that can be done?
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The result is a composition in which two dancers hold close like a couple in a Jamaican dance hall.
    Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • My goal was to approach the composition from a new angle and let the rhythmic elements take the lead.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 14 July 2023
  • Moore’s close-up framing of the composition slyly cuts off her head too.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • The composition starts with the outermost planet and adds one planet at a time.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • The scans from the probe found Deimos’s composition doesn’t match D-type(Opens in a new window) asteroids in the asteroid belt.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2023

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