How to Use composition in a Sentence

composition

noun

• The teacher reminded us to hand in our compositions at the end of class.
• The composition of runoff electorates is always difficult to predict as it’s hard to know who will show up.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
• The rule of thirds and the rule of odds, for instance, are common concepts of photography composition.
  — Kamaljit Singh, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Mayer’s artisans are the ones who break down her composition into its small component pieces.
  — Ted Loos, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• These peaks can be explained by the composition and velocity of the material ejected from the merger.
  — Sanjana Curtis, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• Pei was a stickler, especially, about the composition and pouring of the building’s buff-colored concrete.
  — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
• Maera has a predominantly cotton composition featuring polyester and elastane for extra give.
  — Calin Van Paris, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2022
• 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
• In Duccio’s day, the rules of perspective and composition had yet to be formalized, and painting of his caliber was still meant mainly for religious institutions.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• 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
• And get this—it's known as the Mona Lisa of the mineral world due to its sculptural composition.
  — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 18 Mar. 2023
• 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
• But by studying the moon’s chemical composition, geologic activity, gravity, magnetism and other properties, Clipper should be able to determine whether Europa has the right conditions to support life.
  — Jay Bennett, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024