All 8 Uses of
compose
in
The Awakening
- He had regained his composure, which seemed to have been somewhat impaired the night before.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *
- Another time she might have made an effort to regain her composure; but her one thought was to quit the stifling atmosphere of the church and reach the open air.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- She seemed to have apprehended all of the composer's coldness and none of his poetry.†
Chpt 25 (definition 2) *
- She lay wide awake composing a letter which was nothing like the one which she wrote next day.†
Chpt 25 (definition 1)
- Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say 'composed?'†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- Meanwhile, I shall ask you to begin with this cocktail, composed—would you say 'composed?'†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- " with an appeal to Miss Mayblunt—"composed by my father in honor of Sister Janet's wedding."†
Chpt 30 (definition 1)
- "Then, all things considered," spoke Arobin, "it might not be amiss to start out by drinking the Colonel's health in the cocktail which he composed, on the birthday of the most charming of women—the daughter whom he invented."†
Chpt 30 (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