Synonyms

1. compile

Sentence Examples

1. I paced the floor once, twice, trying to compose myself.
2. Her father, on the other hand, had often barked at her to wipe her eyes and compose herself, his scorn clear as he said that nothing was worth so much fuss.
3. I was brought back to life to compose a song that would give life.
4. He never wanted to return to the realm of the dead, and they at least promised that if he could compose the song of life - which he had - he could live the rest of his days as an immortal.
5. how many ditties and love-songs did I compose in which my heart declared and made known its feelings, described its ardent longings, revelled in its recollections and dallied with its desires!
6. Jake stayed silent, giving him a moment to compose himself.
7. If your son write satires reflecting on the honour of others, chide and correct him, and tear them up but if he compose discourses in which he rebukes vice in general, in the style of Horace, and with elegance like his, commend him for it is legitimate for a poet to write against envy and lash the envious in his verse, and the other vices too, provided he does not single out individuals there are, however, poets who, for the sake of saying something spiteful, would run the risk of being banished to the coast of Pontus.
8. He went upon the stage, and took his place beside the rest who were to compose the base of the Car of Juggernaut.
9. And then, when they condescend to compose a sort of verse that was at that time in vogue in Kandy, which they call seguidillas!
10. He carefully sipped the hot coffee, stalling for time to compose an answer.