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How to use composition in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Composition means the act of putting together; assembly. Example: “The composition modulates upwards through the cycle of fifths, eventually returning to the original key.”

Examples of composition by meaning

nounThe general makeup of a thing or person.

  • It seemed that the milk of human kindness had not been left out of his composition.1932, Frank Richards, The Magnet - Bunter's Night Out
  • Discussion acknowledged the Network's difficulty in transforming its mostly white composition into a more multi-racial organization.1982 December 4, Sharon Page, “R2N2 Conference: Revitalizing the Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 3

More sentences with composition

  • The composition modulates upwards through the cycle of fifths, eventually returning to the original key.From the entry cycle of fifths
  • He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.From the entry splice
  • The properties of a fabricated nanolaminate depend upon its composition and thickness.From the entry nanolaminate
  • Dalton categorises Muse's latest composition as “cod-classical bombast”.From the entry cod
  • The subtle use of strings lends fluidity to the composition.From the entry lend
  • The barbershop quartet performed the composition a cappella.From the entry quartet
  • Examples of affine transformations include translation, scaling, homothety, similarity, reflection, rotation, shear and compositions of them in any combination and sequence.From the entry affine transformation
  • If a composition (of morphisms) is monic then, by theorem, the pre-composite of it is monic as well.From the entry monic
  • The composition of a zero morphism with any morphism (that it is composable with) yields another zero morphism.From the entry zero morphism
  • NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.From the entry approximate
  • The torus is a liminocentric composition.From the entry liminocentric
  • For a mixture with two components at a fixed pressure, the eutectic reaction can only happen at a fixed chemical composition and temperature, called the eutectic point.From the entry eutectic
  • Given an affine space X, every affine transformation on X can be represented as the composition of a linear transformation on X and a translation of X.From the entry affine transformation
  • Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.From the entry compo
  • Many appreciated the visible improvements in muscular strength and body composition.2025 August 20, Ashlyn Barry, Justin A. Haegele, Daniel Schaefer, Kristen A. Pickett, Luis Columna, “Autistic Young Adults’ Experiences…. From the entry visible
  • As you type, your fingers play an idiosyn­cratic composition of keystroke rhythms on your keyboard.2019 July 10, Vanessa Chang, “How Phone Taps and Swipes Train Us to Be Better Consumers”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast…. From the entry tap
  • The glass has basanitic composition, with silica contents ranging between 44.4 and 46.1 wt.2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS…. From the entry basanitic
  • The mineral composition is in accordance with products of shoshonitic and basaltic andesites affinities.2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La…. From the entry shoshonitic
  • Variation in epicuticular wax composition causes changes in plant appearance: glaucous or nonglaucous.2015 October 16, “W3 Is a New Wax Locus That Is Essential for Biosynthesis of β-Diketone, Development of Glaucousness, and Reduction of…. From the entry nonglaucous
  • In short, it is very hard to create test items that unconfound grammatically and fragment composition.2013, Axel Cleeremans, Robert French, Implicit Learning and Consciousness, page 103. From the entry unconfound
  • As for more properly linear components of the composition, we can speak of phytomorphism (or floralism).2012, Renato Barilli, The Science of Culture and the Phenomenology of Styles, page 121. From the entry phytomorphism
  • All these properties are determined by slag composition and its temperature.2010, Yuri N. Toulouevski, Ilyaz Y. Zinurov, Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces, Springer, page 16. From the entry slag
  • Deacon's second album, Bromst, will be an intricate merry-go-round of joyous, leftfield compositions.2009 February 26, Mikey Cahill, “Rock City”, in Herald Sun. From the entry leftfield
  • The taxonomic composition of the stygobiotic fauna is unique compared to that of the epigean fauna.2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Rivers of Europe, →ISBN. From the entry stygobiotic
  • He was there to determine the subphysical nature of the lattice sphere composition.2009, Peter F. Hamilton, The Temporal Void, page 542. From the entry subphysical
  • Glendonites are pseudomorphs after the mineral ikaite, a monoclinic mineral with composition CaCO₃.₆H₂O.2009, Ian P. Swainson, “Glendonite/Ikaite”, in Vivien Gornitz, editor, Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments…. From the entry glendonite
  • The free-flowing pixelated compositions, while full of angles, owe something to automatist drawing.2008 March 14, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in The New York Times. From the entry pixelated
  • His vigorous, chartlike compositions of hieroglyphic signs and word lists are products of a dandyish, semiotic gamesmanship.2008 May 30, Ken Johnson, “Each Experience Speaks Its Own Language”, in New York Times. From the entry chartlike
  • His compositions, mostly bearing Yiddish titles and klezmerlike scales, made ingenious use of them.2007 February 10, Nate Chinen, “A Musician Examines His Roots With Ingenuity and Ambivalence”, in New York Times. From the entry klezmerlike
  • There are variations, like Al Held’s stark, existentialist compositions, with the canvas divided into quadrants.2007 August 31, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry frostinglike
  • The effect creates a xenochronous composition out of a peculiar matching of quite disparate pieces.2007, Kevin Courrier, Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN. From the entry xenochronous
  • An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition.2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C…. From the entry blister
  • Early replacive calcite and late replacive calcite exhibit similar carbon isotope and different oxygen isotope compositions.2003, M. J. Salem, Khaled M. Oun, Sedimentary Basins of Libya, Second Symposium, page 166. From the entry replacive
  • When silica is in low supply other classes of algae dominate the phytoplankton composition.2002, V.N. Bashkin, Robert W. Howarth, Modern Biogeochemistry, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry low
  • As with fish skin, the chemical composition of scales is poorly known.1997, Douglas E. Facey, Brian W. Bowen, Bruce B. Collette, Gene S. Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes - Biology, Evolution and Ecology. From the entry fish skin
  • The composition of a bee society is controlled by an antiqueen pheromone secreted by the queen.1996, Eldra Pearl Solomon, Biology. From the entry antiqueen
  • As we recall, a Hurwitz algebra is a composition algebra with unit element.1995, Susumo Okubo, Introduction to Octonion and Other Non-Associative Algebras in Physics, Cambridge University Press, page 40. From the entry Hurwitz algebra
  • We may note three particular features in the composition of this Special Committee.1995, V.V. Veeder, “The UNIDROIT Rome Draft 1936”, in Martin Hunter, Arthur Marriott, V.V. Veeder, editors, The Internationalisation of…. From the entry US of America

Meaning of composition

  1. noun The act of putting together; assembly.
  2. noun A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
  3. noun The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Full definition of composition

Questions about composition in a sentence

How do you use composition in a sentence?
Composition is used as a noun. For example: “The composition modulates upwards through the cycle of fifths, eventually returning to the original key.”
What is a short sentence with composition?
“The torus is a liminocentric composition.”
What does composition mean?
Composition means the act of putting together; assembly.

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