| 单词 | compose |
| 例句 | Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At four thirty, all the copy would go to the composing room, where the text was set into lead type for the printing presses in the basement. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “El Jefe has been very generous to you girls. It would be nice if you composed a letter of thanks for his leniency.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finally turned to face me again, she was composed and businesslike. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Bernard Herrmann, the Mercury Theatre’s orchestra leader, composed and conducted the musical score. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z With every camera gleefully trained on him, I have just enough time to release the small, choked sound in my throat and compose myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I paused—he stood before me, hat in hand, looking composed enough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The three climbed into His Flying Machine, which was composed of wide boards they had long ago nailed across the chinaberry tree’s heaviest branches. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z That a recently arrived talent like Handel should find himself plunged into composing for royal occasions of great pomp and prestige was impressive enough. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Occasionally a spiral arm may be produced by the close gravitational encounter of two galaxies, each of course composed of billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She posted the data directly to internal servers and composed an e-mail to Dr. Kapoor. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was composed of dazzling blue metal with an almost mirror shine to it, as smooth as water, and nowhere rectilinear or planar, but all flowing contours, as supple as skin. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They were composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The dark eyes were hot with hatred but the heavy, bluish lips were composed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After a moment, I felt composed enough to put my arm through his and we followed Leafie and Karl out beyond the house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mark wanted to scream but forced himself to stay composed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z All told, it took me about an hour to compose myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Then he would breathe deeply and compose his face again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z To Strasser, someone who was Japanese simply could not play with any soul or fidelity music that was composed by a European. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The fact that atoms are composed of three kinds of elementary particles—protons, neutrons and electrons—is a comparatively recent finding. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls had set up all the stuff in the auditorium; and they had, with Miss Violet’s help, composed the story about the three wise men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “One book can take a lifetime to compose, copy, illuminate, gloss, and annotate! A lifetime in each book. You’ll be confining dozens of lifetimes to the flames!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z By the time they catch up with me, I’m composed and looking up at the “L” train tracks running above us. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z If he composed it, a tune sings like no other. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The sophomore boat was not now, in fact, quite composed entirely of sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was composed of a loosely organized group of people who offered food and shelter, or a place of concealment, to fugitives who had set out on the long road to the North and freedom. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They knew that atoms themselves are composed of even smaller particles. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He discovered a number of workers from the editorial and composing rooms still in the building. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Andrew Brown’s print shop smelled of ink and grease and the sweat of muscular apprentices carrying trays of lead type from the composing table to the printing press. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This is what I most admire about Father: no matter how bad things might get, he eventually will find the grace to compose himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit nibbling my fingers as the university auditorium fills with the audience, which is composed largely of men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z One’s own soldiers are those composed either of subjects or of citizens or your own dependants; all others are either mercenaries or auxiliaries. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z By the light of a candle, he composed a letter, saying everything as briefly as possible. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Gauguin, he tells Theo in November, “has proved to me a little that it was time for me to vary things a bit—I’m beginning to compose from memory.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He composed more memorable passages because he wrote many more words. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They are one of the new regiments, composed almost entirely of young fellows just called up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a man named Benjamin Banneker who composed almanacs—almanacs! she devoured them all—and served as a confidant to Thomas Jefferson, who composed the Declaration. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z These are great worlds, composed largely of hydrogen and helium, with smaller amounts of hydrogen-rich gases such as methane, ammonia and water. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When she felt composed enough to speak again, she said thickly, “I’m going to get him.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z A forest composed of stacks of used books loomed around him, the usual spicy-vanilla scent of pipe tobacco and old paperbacks wafting in the air. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Cecilia was lost to the events of ten minutes before and could not have composed a simple sentence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After a minute she sat up, wiped her eyes, and tried to compose herself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “How could you mistake me so? I merely meant you to be properly dignified and composed, and you made yourself a perfect stock and stone. Try to be sociable at the Lambs’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z So Maria got permission from Czar Nicholas II to form her own regiment composed entirely of women. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He sat on the top deck with his back against a stanchion and composed a letter to Hatsue. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Every Talmudic passage is composed of what, for the sake of convenience, might best be called thought units. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “She'll be fine in a few minutes. Just enough time for me to compose a poem about our victory: Apollo and his friends save Olympus.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Madam—my dear young lady—for heaven’s sake—compose yourself.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Henry Clinton’s class in Law School at the University was composed of bright, humorless young veterans. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Unlike much else composed in the 1940s, it is still popular and regularly performed both in the theatre and on the concert stage today. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the end, as he was leaving, the president recited a poem he’d composed on the ride up from the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pale, pale and sweaty at the temples but perfectly composed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Incredibly, it is Monteverdi’s last opera, The Coronation of Poppea, composed in 1642, his seventy-fourth and final year, that has gone down as one of the most radical dramas, never mind musical dramas, in history. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The giant circular targets were composed of five colored rings—yellow marking the center, with only a tiny black dot to mark the bull’s-eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The front yard was composed of gravel with bits of yellow grass, and the paint on the house was chipped. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Cannot you do anything else besides think, fast and compose poetry?” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t be. I’ll have loads to do. There’s a prank to plan. But I was thinking you should stay here, too. In fact, I have composed a list.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The smallest living things known, the viroids, are composed of less than 10,000 atoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact he himself seemed composed and even detached, which was more than could be said for any other rabbit in the audience: but Pipkin was hardly to realize this. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that the vast majority of the universe is composed of dark matter. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “It sounds like circus music,” he once said in a joyful mood, and it was one of the liveliest dances ever composed by Johann’s son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Waking from this nightmare, Descartes prayed and tried to compose his spirits. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then Anya, Marina, and the three girls let go long enough to compose themselves. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe that is all any life is composed of, trivia that eventually adds up to a person, and maybe I just don’t have enough of it yet to be a whole one. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Assemblies composed of wildly differing social groups held animated discussions. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Kemmerich felt embarrassed, for she was the least composed of all; she simply dissolved into fat and water. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after the meeting Olmsted composed a strategy for the transformation of Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A few, I can tell by the elaborateness of the smile he composes and aims. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z An infinitely long train, composed of roofless cattle cars. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the elders, Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, had once been worshipers at St. George Methodist Church, a congregation composed of both whites and blacks. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I looked at the stack of pages I had composed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z An occasional Methodist is welcomed, and once in a while a Democrat infiltrates, but on the whole the Establishment is composed of right- wing Republicans of the Presbyterian and Episcopalian faiths. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, after I’ve composed myself a little, she smiles again and says, “Your father has been very helpful.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mark was so frustrated that he had to compose himself for a second. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say ‘composed?’” with an appeal to Miss Mayblunt—“composed by my father in honor of Sister Janet’s wedding.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z These are the kinds of litanies I use, to compose myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Their faces were perfectly composed—but their eyes kept drifting to the children in the cart and then snapping off into the middle distance again as they recovered their discipline. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On more than one occasion he explained to Trueba that the Communist Party was composed of four bums without any statistical importance who followed Moscow’s instructions with a piety worthy of a better cause. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes wording is maddeningly opaque without being composed of technical terminology from a private clique. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the last two years of his life, now profoundly deaf and mosdy bedridden by severe illness, Beethoven withdrew into a private sound world, composing six string quartets of astonishing, unapproachable intensity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The story had its start four years earlier, in May of 1792, when Washington approached Madison to help him compose a valedictory address. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When I turn to face her, I’m hastily composing a fleet of explanations, none of which make any sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Debussy’s 'Gardens in the rain’, though, was composed in 1903, a good thirty years after the Impressionist painters had first begun exhibiting their works to a disconcerted Parisian public. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He composed a few e-mails apologizing to her, but he did not send them because it felt awkward apologizing for something he could not name. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and composed herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In fact, improvisation is an advanced and highly sophisticated skill in which the musician must draw upon all of their previously practiced knowledge and techniques in order to compose “in the moment.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z About a month later, she started serving as a scout for Colonel James Montgomery, who had encamped at Port Royal with the first detachment of the Second South Carolina Volunteers, also composed of ex-slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy had mentally prepared himself to be blindfolded and tied up again—he’d even composed a short speech for the occasion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the whole of Mammachi’s outburst he remained restrained and strangely composed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In his mind he began composing a letter. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I lay in the grass for some time, my heart clamoring in my chest and my limbs weak as water, before I could compose myself enough to continue on to the playhouse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As he watched he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I opened another window, displaying the brief e-mail I’d composed just before logging into the Basement. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The result of their bombardments of boron and other light elements by alpha rays, moreover, had led them to propose that the proton was composed of a neutron and a positive electron, or positron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Gonzalez tried to compose himself again but was disturbed by what sounded like a cheer from the factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, I compose myself and give him a confused laugh instead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I couldn’t copy her essays, and I lacked the factual and stylistic know-how to compose my own. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Down the street lives an aspiring rock band composed of four middle schoolers. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Thereafter, as well as composing for all his subsequent films, Chaplin wrote and recorded retrospective scores for his earlier silent films, continuing to do so well into the 1970s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Kerr gave an encore performance of “Spagoni the Toreador” for oldtimes’ sake, but the greatest applause of the evening went to James, who composed a song he performed for the occasion: Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The triangle at right, whose peak is the standing man waving a shirt, is composed of dynamic figures, with arms outstretched to indicate their surging hopes. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z Later, a reporter snapped her picture, her face defiantly composed, and a “new and exclusive picture of Mollie Burkhart” was transmitted around the world. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Physicists theorize that up to 27 percent of the mass-energy content of the universe is composed of what they refer to as dark matter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Serafina took a few seconds to compose herself, because her agitation was beginning to make her visible. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When he returned he smelled sour, and his face was damp and very pale; but he seemed composed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And as they spoke, I was composing in my head how that last afternoon went. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I composed my features into an impassive, angry mask without a trace of embarrassment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were open, half asleep, his face pleasant and composed, a soft smile. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The call was a tune he had composed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited in the hall until I had composed myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z One detachment was composed entirely of Japanese Americans. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the skill of public writing was gradually developed by the many classroom papers I had to compose. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will wait a few minutes, Jane, till you are more composed.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I did my best to compose myself before I hopped in the car, but he knew something was going on and asked what was wrong. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Isaac Newton believed that light was composed of little particles that flowed from every bright object. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In sharp contrast, take ‘If ye love me’, composed by Thomas Tallis for the Chapel Royal of Edward VI when Protestant reforms were in the ascendancy. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was done in a way that was leisurely, yet alert and composed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I am afraid,” said he, composing his features, “I am very much afraid, my dear Emma, that you will not smile when you hear it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z That night, Fischer composed an elegant apology to Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even when this cast gathers to listen to Volpe’s notes, I am always struck by how naturally they compose a picture you would want to look at. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Corcoran—leftover tears still rolling down his cheeks but his face otherwise composed—was looking with interest at a spaniel puppy who was gnawing furtively at the toe of his shoe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z How could she afford to appear anything but composed? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives me a second to compose myself and then he asks, “Are we done with the video thing?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He was encouraged to write a letter to the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, and he composed a five-hundred-word plea, extracts of which follow: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You may remember that a history of all the voyages made for purposes of discovery composed the whole of our good Uncle Thomas’ library. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what I’m looking for,” Tara responds, and for a moment her face crumples as though she might burst into tears, but then she composes herself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All were composed of large, healthy, and highly competitive young men, each of whom was about to face a defining moment in his life. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The Finch Auditorium floor was composed of green and white tiles. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z After I compose myself, I say, “Look. Get real—he wasn’t interested in me when I had two legs.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society’. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z For years, she had composed poems, scribbled down short story ideas, and dreamed of publication. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A new subculture was born, composed of the millions of people who now devoted every free moment of their lives to searching for Halliday’s egg. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Several months later saw the return of Francisco the Man, an ancient vagabond who was almost two hundred years old and who frequently passed through Macondo distributing songs that he composed himself. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His epitaph, which he himself composed, was: “I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure. Sky-bound was the mind, Earth- bound the body rests.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm angry, and I want a moment to compose myself before I go back outside. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Voltaire composed a poem on the disaster that had considerable cultural impact, opening a floodgate of intellectual challenge and debate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But Penelope had not yet dared suggest the children begin composing works of their own. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “This room. We used to have a ball in here, exposing our minds and souls, composing anti-Talc manifestos. I guess that fraud is still hanging around that school.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a beat to compose herself, then summoned me over to confide that she was leaving in a week to work at a “real law office.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I turn on my computer and click on the tab to compose a new message. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A coroner’s inquest, composed of jurors and led by a justice of the peace, was hastily convened at the ravine. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He stares at a page, composing the sequence of words that will most amicably end the war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Blanca managed to bring him a guitar and stuffed some rags beneath the strings so no one would hear him composing muted songs of widows, orphans, prisoners, and the disappeared. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Lydia sat at her desk, composing a document on her new laptop. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Having children play Orff instruments and classroom instruments as sound effects using the aesthetics above, would add greatly to the stories, as would composing an original song for the stories. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “That’s...really cool. I’m obsessed with movie scores. The music. I actually want to compose my own someday.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He composed himself triumphantly, to hear the sounds of the hunt dying away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Her homeliness composed a form of beauty; she was quite impressive to look at. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Everything is composed of webs and lattices and upheavals of sound and texture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Today, the society called New Zealand is composed of 4.5 million Sapiens and 50 million sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So now she composed her mind and brought all her concentration to bear on the matter of altering the way she held herself so as to deflect attention completely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, Mozart was only five when he started composing for the piano and look what happened to him. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He lay back on the bed and tried to compose himself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Pet released her and drew back a foot or two, watching her as she composed herself. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z For the next twelve years lived abroad, in Paris, Rome, and elsewhere, composing the first volume of Dead Souls, the novel considered to be his finest work. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then, feeling reckless, she composed an e-mail to Obinze and, without permitting herself to reread it, she sent it off. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And hearing her so composed and gay I was too embarrassed to bring it up. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Wednesday sat at the computer terminal, composing a letter, and, with the clerk’s help, making several large-sized signs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was not a vision of the future as totally unknown, but rather a vision of the future as composed, in part at least, of what had been okay about the past. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I walked, I mentally composed the next section of my latest Arlington News installment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Today in the United States there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations composed of nearly three million people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z His face was again composed; he put the soft black hat back on his head. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad, who wasn’t looking too composed either, came over and put his arm around her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, compose yourself now, and don’t worry Aunt with your new ideas.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tea,” which had to be transported from Asia, and “sugar brought from the West Indies ... compose a drink cheaper than beer.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z If she were to perceive their true form, they would seem more like architecture than organism, like huge structures composed of intelligence and feeling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My father composed himself when Amy reentered the room, but when she turned to open the refrigerator door, he acted as though she were tossing a lit match into the gas tank of his Porsche. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Before encryption machines came along, people had to compose their own ciphers, writing them out letter by letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We therefore believe that all galaxies are composed of quarks rather than antiquarks; it seems implausible that some galaxies should be matter and some antimatter. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon flew down to her wrist, and sat there glowing while Lyra composed her mind. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word “postmodernist.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She tried to compose herself before she went to take the new order. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z More composed, I went back to the beginning, to the first dizziness, and remembered it all for him—relived it all in detail. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He tried to sweat the fever out of a patient by coating various parts of his or her body with a thick salve composed of herbs and chemicals. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The dungeon floor was composed of floating circular platforms arranged end to end in a long line that stretched out into the darkness ahead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars—billions upon billions of stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Often, Ben had watched Jim Don walking the halls of school escorted by Ansley and a school of pilot fish mainly composed of third string football players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The military tribunal would be composed of seven generals to serve as the judges, with President Roosevelt presiding over the proceedings. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I stepped into the hallway to compose myself. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then the convicted assassin chanted verses he had composed a few hours before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So if you are composing or arranging, it's a very good idea to be able to distinguish between these two ranges for the voices or instruments you include. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Allyssa, twelve, a huge fan of music, composed an original piece about Joe Hill, the same labor activist who Taylor and Jayme had done their project on a few years earlier. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead, while Sticky helped them practice, she composed a poem about a bunch of bossy gargoyles who liked to eat cat food and pick their ears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Their sister, who sat between them, with left leg balanced on right knee, was, by contrast, perfectly composed, having liberally applied perfume and changed into a green gingham frock to offset her coloring. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Might a civilization composed of essentially immortal beings consider interstellar exploration fundamentally childish? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We know they are composed of water ice, because the spectral properties of sunlight reflected off the rings match those of ice in the laboratory measurements. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Holly also gave me blank sheet music and encouraged me to compose original songs on the piano. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z While in Venice Monteverdi composed at least half a dozen other operas, all but two of which are now lost. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This was due in part to the fact that half of the central committee was composed of women who, along with the men, developed strategies and carried guns. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The car had stopped, but we sat waiting for Mama to compose herself a little so we could walk to the graveside. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The composer’s name was John Williams, and his bio said he composed the score for nine Star Wars movies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z With an allergy to abstraction and a phobia of cliche, Wilkerson trains a magnifying glass on the historical blob called “the Great Migration” and reveals the humanity of the people who compose it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Homework — compose a poem about my defeat of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf! Signed copies of Magical Me to the author of the best one!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “You have to compose yourself,” said Brave Orchid to her sister. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could compose myself, he spoke again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z During this time she had never once felt composed, and she had stopped imagining their future. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Harmonic analysis is also necessary for anyone who wants to be able to compose reasonable chord progressions or to study and understand the music of the great composers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Our company was composed of bodies too short or too tall, all graceless and all—except mine—pale. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time he was thirteen, he had already composed lots of sonatas and symphonies. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Drifting on the tide, a gill-netter moved through it as though it composed its own netherworld medium halfway between air and water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe I only composed it in my mind, meaning to tell you. It’s an amusing story anyway.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He calculated: A week to settle in, a week to develop the pictures, a few days to compose her letter, two weeks to get to India by air. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She wondered, in spite of his composed, brooding expression, if he were the type to throw a tantrum. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Lydia broke the hug and exhaled quickly, fanning herself with her hand while she composed herself. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Seven years after composing his Pathetique sonata, Beethoven stopped sounding like Mozart or Dussek or Haydn and started creating music beyond what they had imagined. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He soon mastered his right hand and expanded his use of the two fingers that remained, continuing to compose songs about hens and hunted foxes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When her mother turned her face, it was set as though she'd been sitting at the window composing what to say and how she'd look when she said it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In fact, the first part of his life that Perry could remember was measurable-—-a fragment composed of applause, glamour. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z To enforce his absolute authority as the leader, or Führer, of the Nazi regime, Hitler created his own private army composed of fanatical Nazis called the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I composed a million of them in my head, but nothing seemed right. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “Look what she has done!” she said and showed him the scrap that Kira had just completed, the one that had composed itself so magically in her fingers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The words of these songs were composed without any human intervention whatever on an instrument known as a versificator. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The atmosphere of Venus is composed of 96 percent carbon dioxide. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes me a moment to compose myself. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So many cane fields were on fire that the air was filled with “a rain of fire composed of burning bits of cane-straw which whirled like thick snow.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She didn’t look nearly as composed as usual, but rather pale and clammy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I tried hard to remain composed as we sat in stony silence while I waited for the bailiff to call my name. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say ‘composed?’ ” with an appeal to Miss Mayblunt —“composed by my father in honor of Sister Janet’s wedding.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounding the plume seen in visible light is a vast cloud, bright in reflected ultraviolet sunlight and composed of very small particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Did you know that a poem by José Martí inspired a very famous song called “Guantanamera”? And that a young man composed a version of it that became a worldwide hit? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The music critic Harold Schonberg goes further: Mozart, he argues, actually “developed late,” since he didn’t produce his greatest work until he had been composing for more than twenty years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Doe was a member of the Krahn tribe, a tiny ethnic group that composed just 4 percent of the population, far less than the larger tribes in Liberia, the Gio and the Mano. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The gaslights caught the gleam of sweat on his skin, accentuating the composed lines of his muscles, the steady rise and fall of his breast. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Six minutes later, Elizabeth Manwill returned to find Mrs. Richardson back in her own seat, composed and unruffled except for one hand clenched on the arm of the chair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was, however, good, clever, composed, and firm, like him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He was typical of the students in Volpe’s productions in that his life had been composed of more struggle than ease, though his circumstances were more complicated than most. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She looks composed, although she has a shallow slash on her side and a cut skirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They lie at a point corresponding to the narrow neck of a funnel, into which all the migratory paths composing what is known as the Pacific Flyway converge. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Different composers would have had different sounds in mind when they composed for the violin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z This latter group was composed of severely Orthodox Jews, who, like Reb Saunders, despised all efforts aimed at the establishment of a Jewish state prior to the advent of the Messiah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Putting all these ideas into the music he composed after the Exposition Universelle, Debussy created a new soundscape for the piano. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I design with a view to a passage of quietly composed, soft, subdued pensive character, shape the ground, screen out discordant elements and get suitable vegetation growing.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As soon as we see the thugs preying on little old ladies and fleeing when the cops show up, we appreciate how an army composed of such men would operate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z This made him think that the DNA molecule was a compound helix composed of several polynucleotide chains twisted about each other. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z A person could compose music, design a doghouse, and...something more, something even better. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Some clusters have their galaxies arranged in an unambiguously spherical geometry; they are composed chiefly of ellipticals, often dominated by one giant elliptical, the presumptive galactic cannibal. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He composed the track that had played during the Darkcross game—and now he’s making me listen to it to see if I find it familiar. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To achieve vision in this way, this journey into a darkness that is composed of women, a woman, who can see in darkness while he himself strains blindly forward. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Through tear-blurred eyes Lyra saw her totter and clutch at a bench; her face, so beautiful and composed, grew in a moment haggard and horror-struck. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Well, he looks perfectly composed and groomed, but the tag is sticking out of his sweater and the strong smell of whiskey is emanating from his tea. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The ACT was composed of four sections: math, English, science and reading. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The eighty-eight players in the First Canadian Open may have composed a stronger roster than had been fielded at the United States Open a few weeks earlier. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, composing himself: “You never knew who I was or where I came from.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Among them was composing a letter about his interests and commitment. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z While I chunked rocks into a pile and waited for Chase and Mattie to pass by, I mentally composed my next letter to Uncle Holt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Some people feel that using such intervals in medieval music is not only more authentic, but sounds better too, since the music was composed for this tuning system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I felt now as composed as ever I did in my life: there was nothing indeed in the gipsy’s appearance to trouble one’s calm. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He seemed completely composed, hidden behind his black-lensed glasses, only his mobile features gesturing his vocal drama. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Without an ability to compose fiction, Neanderthals were unable to cooperate effectively in large numbers, nor could they adapt their social behaviour to rapidly changing challenges. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The very thin and tenuous atmosphere of Io was found by Voyager to be composed mainly of sulfur dioxide. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt the keenest disappointment, and mentally erased the passages I had mentally composed about the kindness of the Mississippian who gave the Negro a ride. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Our lives are composed of meetings and partings, with brief, bright acquaintances in-between. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked at the road, giving me time to compose my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z When roaming bands of Sapiens foragers migrated into colder climates, they learned to make snowshoes and effective thermal clothing composed of layers of furs and skins, sewn together tightly with the help of needles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The poem Father composed for my birthday is too nice to keep to myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As soon as the broadcast ended, listeners sat down to compose letters of complaint or praise. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Neville’s original suggestion eventually turned into a prisoners’ committee composed of people from all political parties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They are composed of about fifty million atoms. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For example, some evolutionary psychologists argue that ancient foraging bands were not composed of nuclear families centred on monogamous couples. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Around her body was a necklace composed of bleeding heads, strung together like a popcorn chain. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Kant suggested explicitly that M31 in the constellation Andromeda was another Milky Way, composed of enormous numbers of stars, and proposed calling such objects by the evocative and haunting phrase “island universes.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came three short, boiling subslurries, slicker and sweeter, as if composed of the Baked Alaska. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z In the vast spaces between the planets there are many objects, some rocky, some metallic, some icy, some composed partly of organic molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And to anyone who questioned the morality, he replied that “The Star-Spangled Banner” was the greatest piece of music ever composed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Several million light-years across, it is composed of some twenty constituent galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Are quarks the ultimate constituents of matter, or are they too composed of still smaller and more elementary particles? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at her thinking of what I'd tried to do and of where it had gotten me, seeing her heavy, composed figure before me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes a few minutes to compose myself, and even then my eyes and nose are still streaming. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I jumped off the bed and tried to compose myself before our small streaky mirror. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her life had always been strenuous—field work, internment, more field work on top of housework—but during this period under Mrs. Shigemura’s tutelage she had learned to compose herself in the face of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit down on the bed and flip open my laptop, log in to my email account and start to compose a note to my mother. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chevalier returned to the College of St. Jerome and began to compose the message he would send to Lord Roke on the lodestone resonator. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Her face had a dreamy look, quiet and composed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was deeply impressed by field recordings of peasant folk music he had heard in the years before he began composing The Firebird. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I composed the story in a way that would make my day sound okay. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, he returned, once again composed, and resumed the conversation, but without answering my question. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I figured this out and composed myself, I got a Ziploc-sized sample bag and waved it around a bit, then sealed it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The National Action Council created there was composed of eight members from each of the four sponsoring organizations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, she showed us a video in which a scientist described what he called “the most astounding fact,” which was that all living things are composed of the atoms of collapsed stars. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The city is ruled by a council of fifty people, composed entirely of representatives from Abnegation, because our faction is regarded as incorruptible, due to our commitment to selflessness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The Iliad and Odyssey were composed and transmitted by nonliterate bards for nonliterate listeners, and not committed to writing until the development of the Greek alphabet hundreds of years later. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Josquin was asked to compose something in this friend’s memory, to be performed by the Ferrara Chapel Choir and quite possibly the duke himself in the role of tenor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They learned to wind film into the camera, how to compose a photo, how to calculate the proper aperture and width. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I compose myself as fast as I can. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It is fitting that the first great opera, composed by Monteverdi in 1607, features a hero faced with a life-or-death singing challenge in the Underworld, Orfeo. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He nodded at her, and she nodded back, and in the next moment she composed herself deliberately. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I knew nonwhite graduate students who were bewildered by the requirement to compose a term paper and who each day were humiliated when they couldn’t compete with other students in seminars. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All in all, though, he seemed to Joe to be relatively composed for a man who had now twice lost a young wife. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In this case, Fischer was not only visualizing a game without benefit of board, pieces, or printed score; he was creating it, composing it as a motion picture in his mind. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He studied music as a graduate student, performed professionally with orchestras and ensembles, composed music, and conducted. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Byrd turns at the front door to face him, composing herself with a deep yoga breath. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Struggling to stay composed, my mother said, “I’ll have to think about that one,” then turned and ran away. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Isabel, a tenacious reporter and mellifluous writer who returned from a long book-writing leave for this project, had composed one of the most powerful chapters in the 1993 “Children of the Shadows” series. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z His is the wildest circle, although he has always been perfectly composed and sober when speaking with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was well composed, given the subject of our conversation, and for most of the visit I struggled to separate how she actually felt from what I felt she must be feeling. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I try to clear away the lump in my throat, to compose myself. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I shall compose an Ode. Would you like to stay and listen?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Never heard that song before. Did you compose it?” he inquired, his eyes sharp. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He choked out a cough, composed himself, then was laughing all over again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z These instructions had to be very simple, usually composed of just two or three words, such as “go south” or “get sword.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He reads the letter three times before he sits at his desk to compose his reply. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From a certain angle, the spring seems so calm: warm, tender, each night redolent and composed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She could describe the whole process of composing a novel, ffom the general directive issued by the Planning Committee down to the final touching-up by the Rewrite Squad. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He stopped, took a breath to compose himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Oh yeah, I know, I just wish Travis’s phone rang in the middle of composing his reply to Amelia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z From there it was a short step for us to begin composing a song about Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Brinker Hadley could compose his Shortest War Poem Ever Written The War Is a bore if he wanted to, but all of us had to take stronger action than that. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moron received the girls in high style, attended by a staff composed of students from the school’s Home Economics Department. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I had never written to anyone before and I wasn’t the one holding the pen now, but Miss Maggie told me that this was my letter to compose. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He thought that red light was composed of the largest particles and violet the smallest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They were old and weather-beaten local faces, lined and brown and composed harshly, tight-lipped, unforgiving, determined that he should do this thing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His face twisted and strained to stay composed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He composed a pledge that the Bureau of Education mailed to virtually every school. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He belonged to a big club composed of people who collected things like that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They could write the answers down or tape them, then choose the most interesting parts and compose a paper. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the buckboard topped the rise Adam could look down on the little cluster of buildings which composed the Hamilton seat—a house with many lean-tos, a cow shed, a shop, and a wagon shed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought he should write them in Chinese, then translate them, but when he sat down, he perversely found that he wanted to compose in English. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Coho salmon has a three-year life cycle and the runs are composed almost entirely of fish of a single age group. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He composes chambers that lead into others that Celia has created. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His tone made me look up — I had finally broken through his carefully composed mask. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There were panthers and leopards, wolves, tigers and antelopes; monkeys and hedgehogs, wombats, mountain goats and giraffes; and an enormous group composed entirely of kittiwakes and vultures. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Right you are, Sunny Brook. Here we go: What king defeated the Revolt of the Earls in 1075 and then, a decade later, ordered the composing of the Domesday, or doomsday, Book?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In sixth grade, Miss Perry had insisted we all learn to compose proper letters in formal language. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Its editors, rewrite men, and typesetters would compose “extra” editions as firemen shoveled coal into the boilers of the paper’s steam-driven presses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It appears that at least 90 percent of the universe, and perhaps as much as 99 percent, is composed of Fritz Zwicky’s "dark matter"–stuff that is by its nature invisible to us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Clancy was lean but not slight, well-kept but not groomed, composed but not comfortable. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Right at first April and Melanie got terribly involved in composing and practicing rites and ceremonies for the two gods. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As every day passed you could see the panic on more and more people’s faces, and the rest carefully composed their features to look somber and made clucking noises and said How Awful It Was. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Chaplin’s first film with a synchronised music soundtrack was City Lights, released in 1931, for which he also composed five songs in addition to the score. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After almost thirty minutes of pulling at his hair and chewing on the pencil, he began to compose a paragraph. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ekman then began to layer one action unit on top of another, in order to compose the more complicated facial expressions that we generally recognize as emotions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z My stomach rolled over and I took a short breath to compose myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Since you’re an epidemiologist,” I said, “did you know that seventy percent of household dust is actually composed of human epidermal matter?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Holmes’s cell was furnished with a bed, a stool, and a writing table, upon which he composed his memoir. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z If she had told me the night before I would have lain awake all night, of course, full of dread and foreboding, but by morning I would have been composed and ready. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Nothing radical, no hothead stuff, just ringing a few doorbells for Gene McCarthy, composing a few tedious, uninspired editorials for the campus newspaper. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To examine the individual particles composing the rings of Saturn we must approach them closely, for the particles are small—snowballs and ice chips and tiny tumbling bonsai glaciers, a meter or so across. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is here that we have ideas and inspirations, here that we read and write, here that we do mathematics and compose music. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was composed of twenty-seven steps—in theory, a good number. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As you are composing, listen for how the constraints of using only those five notes, with those pitch relationships, affect your music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Friends who had previously expressed no interest in torture began sending letters composed to resemble Chinese take-out menus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Then I compose myself and wipe my wet cheeks with the back of my hands. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Silence composes the nerves; and as an unbroken hush now reigned again through the whole house, I began to feel the return of slumber. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The nearest village, Bucktown, was little more than a settlement composed of post office, church, crossroads store, and eight or ten dwelling houses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Given the fact that DNA was known to occur in the chromosomes of all cells, Avery’s experiments strongly suggested that future experiments would show that all genes were composed of DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The order was composed of five divisions, each with a Master and an Apprentice, and a Director to lead them all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Harry thought of photos of Native Americans he’d seen as he studied her dark eyes, high cheekbones, and straight nose, formally composed above a high-necked silk gown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then she composes herself and beams at me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It would have been better if the living room conjured on Truman’s ancient stage were composed of pieces from Stickley or Herman Miller, but where was Volpe going to find those? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I had made up songs before; I had even helped my father compose a verse or two. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Those people might have much better things to do than to loiter about Levy Pants, such as composing jazz or creating new dances or doing whatever those things are that they do with such facility. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounding our Sun is a spherical swarm of giant snowballs composed of ice and rock and organic molecules: the cometary nuclei. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than simply producing nice but random tunes with accompaniment, they framed them according to an underlying logic: every piece they composed was constructed with the help of what amounted to musical maps. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In short, what Andrews’ defenders, a team composed of Men- ninger Clinic psychiatrists and two first-class attorneys, hoped to achieve was a victory of legal-landmark stature. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She takes her mark, composes herself, rocks back and forth a few times, then approaches the bar and flips right over it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z There was Pickett, writing too, sitting on a camp stool as if composing a poem. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I have reflected since that the letter I finally sat down to compose had been subconsciously shaping itself in my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had composed letters, worked on progress reports, looked up information on this machine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The of is correct, however, in composed of and consists of. couple. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a need for time alone to compose myself and think what next to do. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Soon after, Mrs. Reed grew more composed, and sank into a dozing state. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “You will compose yourselves and report to the amphitheater. Any more incidents like this and those involved will be shipped to Kauf, forthwith. Understood?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Whatever its chemical constituents, the transforming principle was not composed of sugars, lipids, or proteins. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The general feeling on the farm was well expressed in a poem entitled Comrade Napoleon, which was composed by Minimus and which ran as follows: Friend of fatherless! Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The front of the woman was composed of two hinged doors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To compose a passage with this orderly structure, a writer must organize the content she hopes to convey into a neat hierarchy. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She had always enjoyed the theatrical aspects of her profession: performing, posing, composing tableaux, directing acts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z By nightfall, Harry felt discouraged and anxious, and a supper composed largely of moldy bread, upon which Hermione had tried a variety of unsuccessful Transfigurations, did nothing to help. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was starting to compose his reply when a knock startled him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He played violin and read music and composed it, mostly classical and religious music. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A spiral staircase in the living room leads up to an open space that composes much of the second floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It’s — oh how ridiculous —” She thrust the letter at Harry, who saw that it was not handwritten, but composed from pasted letters that seemed to have been cut out of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As much as an eighth of the hill, by volume, was composed of such fragments, he said. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He spoke with an ease that was probably rehearsed; no one could be so composed under the withering scrutiny of twenty sets of eyes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The simple but meandering melodic lines of plainsong were to exert a considerable influence on his composing style as he matured. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They began to pull in long, sweet, precisely synchronized strokes, rowing at a composed beat of thirty-three. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He bowed his head and prayed once quickly, then was able to relax and compose himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also found that the weak force did not obey the symmetry C. That is, it would cause a universe composed of antiparticles to behave differently from our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth to speak once and then composed his lips again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She had composed a lengthy poem for the event, her “Columbian Ode,” and pestered her many powerful friends into having it placed on the day’s program. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z District 2 is a large district, as one might expect, composed of a series of villages spread across the mountains. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A newly composed classical opera in the late-twentieth century was like Beluga caviar: a shockingly expensive commodity from an endangered species, accessible to a very privileged few but an inconceivable luxury to the rest. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Charles Hubert Parry viewed the war, as did Elgar, from an older generation’s perspective, composing a cycle of choral songs of mature, eloquent poignancy in Songs of Farewell. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Normally he’s so composed, barely betraying any emotion. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Viroids are composed exclusively of nucleic acid, unlike the viruses, which also have a protein coat. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d sucked the whole cigarette down to the butt, in five or six long drags, composing myself to answer. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The manner in which the Farewell Address was actually composed, as it turned out, served as a nearly perfect illustration of its central message—the need to subordinate narrow interests to the larger cause. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe he writes up here, composes bad poetry. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z While another line of kids boarded, Dana composed himself as if he were a model citizen. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “This association is non-sectarian, being composed of persons of all shadows of religious opinions, and has no official connection with the so-called Woman's Bible or any theological publication,” the resolution read. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She became very still, but to her credit she remained composed, reading the letter through at least twice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I had the impression that something had unsettled him, but he was too composed for me to tell exactly what. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It looks like the sort of note Elsbeth and I used to pass, composed in secret behind our textbooks and handed off as we passed in the hallway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Kathy composed herself, hoping that perhaps the other two officials hadn’t heard her clearly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Poirot drank a glass of water and composed himself to sleep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I kept my face composed, aware of his scrutiny as I listened. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At the same time I began mentally composing a letter to Andrea. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The pages fit neatly into his coat pocket, and he let them sit there, feeling them, composing himself a little. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “My Greek heart is too big. My American one is still composed of delicate halves. They call them gonads. ” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the change of command ceremony, the weeks seemed composed of six Saturdays to the Meecham children. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mars has an atmosphere, but a very thin one, and it is composed mostly of carbon dioxide, so astronauts would have to bring their own oxygen to breathe. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There would be many of them, each composed of organisms astonishingly different from anything on this planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ergo, the explanation for the differences between Native Australian and European-Australian societies must lie in the different people composing them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Once Celia composes herself she gives him a low, perfect curtsey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z For example, in the music John Williams composed for the Star Wars movies, there are melodic themes that are associated with the main characters. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Within its vegetative rods there are formed, along with spores, peculiar crystals composed of a protein substance highly toxic to certain insects, especially to the larvae of the mothlike lepidopteras. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It inspired me to compose opening lines of the paper I would write about DNA, if I solved its structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The society was composed of a group of white-haired American missionary ladies from the First Chinese Baptist Church. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On first appearance she looked to be composed of various shades of blue and white. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Joaquin had seen her composed face many times over the past year and a half; surprising her felt like a weird sort of victory, a Pyrrhic one. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He tried to sound composed, ironic, like a man amused at some childish prank, but his face told a different story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Wilkerson ends a richly descriptive introductory chapter with a paragraph composed of exactly two syllables. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I even try to compose a quick poem, but the words won’t cooperate. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And when at last he was inside again he composed himself soberly to await the morning sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She composed herself as well as she could during the journey back in the carriage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A rash eagerness had overcome him, to go into his study and reply to Ifemelu’s e-mail, something he had unconsciously been composing in his mind. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He called his system ‘The Well-Tempered Keyboard’, landmarked for ever in history by his composing two companion pieces, a prelude and a fugue, for every one of the newly adapted key-families. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But if light is composed of particles, one might expect them to be affected by gravity in the same way that cannonballs, rockets, and planets are. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, in a heavy downpour, he wandered back to his Wellington hotel at four-thirty and lay down heavily with his writing tablet to compose a letter to his parents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The Conservatives resolutely opposed the government’s policy of negotiations with the ANC, and were composed mainly of Afrikaners who felt that Mr. de Klerk was giving away the store. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His shifgrethor must be founded, and composed, and sustained, altogether differently from ours; and when I thought myself most blunt and frank with him he may have found me most subtle and unclear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the natural environment there was rapidly substituted an artificial one composed of new chemical and physical agents, many of them possessing powerful capacities for inducing biologic change. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I wait for her to wipe her eyes and compose herself before pressing play. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Working alone at Monticello, Jefferson composed what became known as the Kentucky Resolutions in August and September. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Her sister spent hours in the pavilion by the carp pond, composing replies. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to seem completely composed, completely confident. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Writing a set of variations is considered an excellent exercise for students interested in composing, arranging, and orchestration. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z It’s a long time before I stop crying, before I’m able to compose a text message to him saying I’m very sorry, I’m at home now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When I decided to compose this intellectual autobiography, a New York editor told me that I would embark on a lonely journey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With only twelve exposures on a roll, she learned to be careful in composing her shots. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He hoisted it onto his own back and walked back to Ron, who clambered to his feet as Harry approached, eyes bloodshot but otherwise composed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mrs. Dalton composed her face, and, with tears on her cheeks, answered, “When I was a girl, years ago. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They would be driving down a two-lane road, some back highway, the kind Mia favored: the kind that wove its way through small towns composed of a store and a cafe and a gas pump. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Maybe there was a lecture coming, and he was composing it in his head. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z For more advanced children, create a choreographed and composed piece from the game. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “I saw the whole thing immediately! You’ll need warriors, naturally, to fetch out that disgusting cauldron. But you’ll need a bard to compose the heroic chants of victory. I accept! Delighted!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It was some time before she could compose herself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Her face was composed and gave no sign that she expected him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One day he told her he had composed a poem called “The Mango Lady,” based on the accident they’d witnessed, and dedicated it to Ophelia. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Anyone interested in music theory or history, or in arranging or composing music, must have a firm understanding of form. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Francis was more composed than me, but he was downing the glasses of house wine one after another, and a light sweat had broken out on his forehead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But she had nowhere to go in such a hurry, and the ride gave her time to compose herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z While a great deal of its walls are composed of frosted glass, most of it is obscured by cabinets and shelves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This new initiative would be composed of American trailblazers in women’s sports who embody and support the secretary and department’s efforts to empower women and girls globally through sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the problems he faced in composing the three-dimensional space of his work were not so very different from those later confronted by Mondrian. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I was allowed to spend two weeks with him there on the wind-swept plain, mostly waiting in the strange vacancy of a cold apartment, trying to compose cordial things to say to the other wives. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I made a vague effort to remember who had painted or composed what, but I didn’t memorize spelling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As she came walking in, looking very tired but as composed as ever, she observed that every vestige of the unfortunate fete had disappeared, except a suspicious pucker about the corners of Jo’s mouth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The SS-HJ division was composed of Hitler Youth who were born in 1926 and who met the strict SS requirements for height and physical fitness. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He was fighting to keep his mouth composed in its line of earnest gravity, but he couldn’t keep the humor from his eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Einstein’s earlier pathbreaking work on the photoelectric effect suggested strongly that light was composed of a stream of “light quanta,” or particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Every moment—every blink—is composed of a series of discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for intervention, for reform, and for correction. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z In the precinct the old man sat on a bench with the others, mostly shoplifters, who composed the late afternoon haul. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Met by troops composed of both blacks and whites, some sixty-six slaves were killed, as well as two whites. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He kept his eyes averted until he had composed himself, which he did with a few deep breaths and a quick swipe at his tearful eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The books composed of page after page of ink drawings of plants with descriptions of their medical uses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Where has he been?” she asked, when she had composed herself enough to manage the words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z My self is a thing I must now compose, as one composes a speech. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I have to let it go to voicemail, have to compose myself into the most like Zara I can be, before I answer. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Scientists are generally agreed that the world beneath us is composed of four layers–rocky outer crust, a mantle of hot, viscous rock, a liquid outer core, and a solid inner core.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I am composed of strong metal, am continuously conscious, and can stand extremes of environment easily. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I grimaced, wishing he hadn’t brought it up so I wouldn’t have to compose careful half- truths. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z About five minutes later, he came out with his hands scrubbed clean, his shirt wet, and his face composed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It took several moments for her to compose herself enough even to blow her nose. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z From the looks of things, Ambrose had been trying to compose a poem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It seemed my whole life was composed of these disjointed fractions of time, hanging around in one public place and then another, as if I were waiting for trains that never came. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From his cell Holmes also wrote a long letter to Carrie Pitezel, which he composed in a manner that shows he was aware the police were reading his mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her face was expressionless, almost composed, and she looked right ahead to the door she was about to leave by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Deep inside the atom, hidden far beneath the electron cloud, is the nucleus, generally composed of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kind of. I mean, not exactly. But Ms. Holly pushed me to start composing, and she gave me blank sheet music last year. I still have it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z She was still delicious, and as graceful and composed as if she’d gone to a finishing school for white ladies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the end, a second letter was composed, and it was this version that was finally presented to Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A high school, he believes, is composed of “the three A’s”: the highly academic kids, the artists, and the athletes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Spanning a ravine, the bridge was composed of dark wood. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Behind her the walls of the room were flooded with green and yellow and orange fireworks sizzling and bursting to some music composed almost completely of trap?drums, tom?toms, and cymbals. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z First: The very matter of which we are composed, the atoms that make life possible, were generated long ago and far away in giant red stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was large and shifting, as though composed of shadow and the ominous stench that pervaded everything. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I wish one could compose in darkness,” said I. “And play music without others observing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Once there, she sat parked in the rain trying to compose herself. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Looked at so closely one sees the fine sand is composed of millions of the tiniest pebbles, as clear as if they had been made in a laboratory. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get home, the first thing I do is sit in front of my computer with Riot curled around my feet as I compose an email. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was angry, barely able to keep himself composed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I shall be composing a letter to our cousins in London, our cousins who are so well regarded by His Majesty.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon I heard him earnestly entreating me to be composed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "Good. The longer Cersei waits, the angrier she'll become, and anger makes her stupid I much prefer angry and stupid to composed and cunning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The series of contiguous physical events has rendered the child’s body so different from the one I glance down on at this moment; the very atoms that composed her body no longer compose mine. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Broadway lyricists and Mississippi Delta blues artists alike composed songs in his honor. FDR’s most important lesson: Liberal causes could still inspire activism on a grand scale 2014-04-27T13:00:00Z This does not appear to have been a concern in composing her latest. Book review: ‘The Sacrifice,’ by Joyce Carol Oates, inspired by Tawana Brawley case 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z When we die, we leave behind informational corpses, composed of emails, text messages, social media profiles, search queries and online shopping behavior. What Should Happen to Our Data When We Die? 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z The Piano Concerto was recorded on a modern instrument but following the principles established from the early recordings, and using the cadenza that Percy Grainger composed for it in 1908. Grieg: Piano Concerto; Ballade in G minor; Piano Sonata, etc 2011-03-31T21:01:02Z Mr. Tennant said composing a ballet score wasn’t a huge transition: “We’ve always written dance music. That means club or pop dancing, but nonetheless, it’s dancing.” A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Liszt, Mr. Lortie revealed, wasn’t merely composing picture postcards; the “Années” are profound explorations of memory, the way past and present interact to create art. Music Review: Liszt Suites of Travel, United as a Journey 2011-03-11T23:45:19Z There's something meditative and grounding about the tangibility of working with various fruits and vegetables, peeling and chopping and coaxing them into some form that will eventually lend itself to a composed dish of sorts. With these 4 expert tips, you'll never fear cutting onions (or any other allium) again 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z If that sounds like a dull subject, consider that some of the greatest fugues are composed on unpromising themes. Jeremy Denk’s Memoir Features Music, Love and More Music 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z He composed a memo outlining his ideas that’s still referenced today. Six vice presidents talk about job once considered invisible 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Drew Brooks, the associate director of fine jewelry from the auction house, visits to compose a list of the gems and begins to ask Nina questions that open a Pandora's box of memories and mysteries. 'Russian Winter': a former Bolshoi Ballet star opens a Pandora's box of memories 2010-09-29T21:40:00Z He said Eastwood “throws himself into a suit of armor and lowers the visor with a rusty clang” and “it’s exactly that lowered visor which composes his character.” Here’s what ties together Clint Eastwood’s heroes, from ‘15:17 to Paris’ to Dirty Harry 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Beatrice Beer said her father continued to compose music without letup for the rest of his 79 years, but anguish, bitterness and guilt kept him from sharing it with the world. Researcher's mission to show Nazis' silencing of music during Holocaust 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z He composed it for his working quartet and an expanded cohort that includes four trumpets, five saxophones and three trombones. Jazz Listings for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T00:48:20Z As Mr. Richman explained in a talk before the performance, the opera-ballet was probably composed for the court theater at Versailles. | New York Baroque Dance Company: When a God Loves a Nymph, and Other French Court Intrigues 2010-09-22T22:12:00Z So much so, argues this documentary composed of film clips and archive interviews, that its most favoured daughters during the studio era became goddesses; actors around whom movies were crafted. TV highlights 22/12/2012 2012-12-21T10:04:48Z Martin played “Eulogy,” a piano piece that he composed for the occasion. Celebrities pay tribute to cricketer Shane Warne at service 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z But then a few days later, Weezer released a surprise "Teal Album" composed entirely of cover songs. Generation X exists! New Weezer album is the sound of our middle-aged middle-child syndrome 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The single-movement work, named for the smell of rain on dry earth, is the most ambitious effort yet by Anastasio to realize his dreams of composing. Trey Anastasio finds there’s more in the sea than Phish 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z The sonnets seem to have been composed between 1582 and their date of publication, 1609 – between Shakespeare's 18th and 45th birthdays. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z However we were wrong in this instance and the excerpt we played from this requiem was not composed by Dvorak himself. Wrong answer on University Challenge 2013-11-21T10:26:23Z On their tail is Detective Simon Boyd, a chillingly composed and dogged member of Internal Affairs. AMC’s ‘Low Winter Sun’ is a dark portrait in a dark city 2013-08-07T21:59:48Z We accepted sweet granola bars and orange juice passed by one of Ms. Eliot’s friends, sang along when invited and some even teared up during a poignant spoken-word piece composed by Ms. Eliot. Things to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z These menus are filled with items other than pizza — in Joni’s case, a mix of artfully composed plates of seasonal produce and meats roasted in wood-fired ovens. From Pizza to Tortillas, a Midwestern Chef Defies Assumptions 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z They composed the entire score, as well as used some songs on their albums for additional songs. Why the Final Girl and horror have always felt queer: "We've got to find our way to survive" 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The pale violet sphere-shaped bloom is actually composed of myriad tiny bell-shaped blossoms clustered together. Edible Blossoms to Brighten Your Plate 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z She had remained composed while he posed his question, and by the end of her response she had resumed her usual robot-like demeanor. Don’t cry for me, Sarah Huckabee Sanders 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Lovie Austin composed for and accompanied some of the greatest singers of the early recording era, including Ma Rainey and Ethel Waters. 10 Women in Jazz Who Never Got Their Due 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z So his team went with a creature composed of interwoven tentacles that look like muscle strands. The aliens in ‘Arrival’ are stunning. How do they compare to other film creatures? 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Dmitri Shostakovich once told a friend that he planned to compose 24 string quartets, one in each of the major and minor keys. Carducci Quartet takes on Shostakovich’s quartets at the Phillips 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Dressed in gray pants, a black jacket and white shirt, Weinstein looked casual and composed onstage. 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