All 35 Uses of
compose
in
Anna Karenina
- And the more he tried to compose himself, the more breathless he found himself.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- When Levin darted up to Kitty her face was no longer stern; her eyes looked at him with the same sincerity and friendliness, but Levin fancied that in her friendliness there was a certain note of deliberate composure.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- "No, I'm not dull, I am very busy," he said, feeling that she was holding him in check by her composed tone, which he would not have the force to break through, just as it had been at the beginning of the winter.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- Stepan Arkadyevitch was absorbed during the drive in composing the menu of the dinner.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- When she went upstairs to dress, and looked into the looking-glass, she noticed with joy that it was one of her good days, and that she was in complete possession of all her forces,—she needed this so for what lay before her: she was conscious of external composure and free grace in her movements.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- "It's very flattering for me, countess, that you remember my words so well," responded Levin, who had succeeded in recovering his composure, and at once from habit dropped into his tone of joking hostility to the Countess Nordston.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- Vronsky did not speak; his handsome face was serious, but perfectly composed.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- "God knows whether they are fully reconciled," thought Anna, hearing her tone, cold and composed.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- With a slight inclination of her head she passed, hearing behind her Stepan Arkadyevitch's loud voice calling him to come up, and the quiet, soft, and composed voice of Vronsky refusing.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- If he had indeed on previous occasions struck and impressed people who did not know him by his air of unhesitating composure, he seemed now more haughty and self-possessed than ever.†
Part 1 (definition 1)
- Vronsky's composure and self-confidence here struck, like a scythe against a stone, upon the cold self-confidence of Alexey Alexandrovitch.†
Part 1 (definition 1) *
- They compose an ardent epistle, a declaration in fact, and they carry the letter upstairs themselves, so as to elucidate whatever might appear not perfectly intelligible in the letter.†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- "This is what I meant to say to you," he went on coldly and composedly, "and I beg you to listen to it.†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- Feeling that with the others riding in the race, he was the center upon which all eyes were fastened, Vronsky walked up to his mare in that state of nervous tension in which he usually became deliberate and composed in his movements.†
Part 2 (definition 1)
- "Apart from formal divorce, One might still do like Karibanov, Paskudin, and that good fellow Dram—that is, separate from one's wife," he went on thinking, when he had regained his composure.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- As he neared Petersburg, Alexey Alexandrovitch not only adhered entirely to his decision, but was even composing in his head the letter he would write to his wife.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- Again a flush of shame spread over her face; she recalled his composure, and a feeling of anger against him impelled her to tear the sheet with the phrase she had written into tiny bits.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- When she saw once more those composed gestures, heard that shrill, childish, and sarcastic voice, her aversion for him extinguished her pity for him, and she felt only afraid, but at all costs she wanted to make clear her position.†
Part 3 (definition 1)
- Levin was obliged to agree, and regaining his composure, and completely forgetting about Marya Nikolaevna by now, he went again in to his brother with Kitty.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- Without giving himself a reason for what he was doing, he strained every nerve of his being for those two days, simply to preserve an appearance of composure, and even of indifference.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- Left alone, Alexey Alexandrovitch recognized that he had not the strength to keep up the line of firmness and composure any longer.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- When she had recovered her composure, she read the following letter in French: "Madame la Comtesse, "The Christian feelings with which your heart is filled give me the, I feel, unpardonable boldness to write to you.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- She was just composing this letter when she was handed the letter from Lidia Ivanovna.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- And in maintaining this attitude of external composure she was completely successful.†
Part 5 (definition 1)
- She was perfectly composed and at ease.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- "It's first-rate working with his excellency," said the architect with a smile (he was respectful and composed, though with a sense of his own dignity).†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- But, to his surprise, Anna accepted the information with great composure, and merely asked when he would be back.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- He looked intently at her, at a loss to explain this composure.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- Before Vronsky's departure for the elections, Anna had reflected that the scenes constantly repeated between them each time he left home, might only make him cold to her instead of attaching him to her, and resolved to do all she could to control herself so as to bear the parting with composure.†
Part 6 (definition 1)
- She had not expected she would have had the power, while keeping somewhere in the bottom of her heart all the memories of her old feeling for Vronsky, not only to seem but to be perfectly indifferent and composed with him.†
Part 7 (definition 1)
- There was, as it were, a continual beginning, a preparation of the musical expression of some feeling, but it fell to pieces again directly, breaking into new musical motives, or simply nothing but the whims of the composer, exceedingly complex but disconnected sounds.†
Part 7 (definition 2) *
- She heard Vronsky's abrupt ring and hurriedly dried her tears— not only dried her tears, but sat down by a lamp and opened a book, affecting composure.†
Part 7 (definition 1)
- "Good morning!" the doctor said to him, shaking hands, and, as it were, teasing him with his composure.†
Part 7 (definition 1)
- "Definiteness is not in the form but the love," she said, more and more irritated, not by his words, but by the tone of cool composure in which he spoke.†
Part 7 (definition 1)
- —to look at her, see her heart was breaking with despair, and go out without a word with that face of callous composure?†
Part 7 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something
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(2) (compose as in: compose a poem) to write or create something with care -- especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter