All 14 Uses of
compose
in
Dune
- They compose poems to their knives.†
Book 1
- Yueh closed his eyes, fought to regain composure.†
Book 1 *
- Mapes composed herself, said: "The uncleansed who have seen a crysknife may not leave Arrakis alive.†
Book 1
- All water's precious there, and the human body is composed of some seventy per cent water by weight.†
Book 1
- The leathered old face appeared composed in the predawn dimness as he spoke.†
Book 2
- She'll compose herself in bindu suspension to reduce her oxygen needs.†
Book 2
- Nefud stood, his face composed by the narcotic but with an overlay of paleness that told of his fear.†
Book 3
- Slowly, the Baron composed his features.†
Book 3
- A single metal hutment, many stories tall, reached out in a thousand-meter circle from the base of the lighter — a tent composed of interlocking metal leaves — the temporary lodging place for five legions of Sardaukar and His Imperial Majesty, the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV.†
Book 3
- Mind you, Baron, my Sardaukar were almost overwhelmed by a force composed mostly of women, children, and old men.†
Book 3
- The old Reverend Mother, her composure regained, forced her way to the Emperor's side, leaned close to his ear and whispered.†
Book 3
- Troubadours composed witty, biting songs about the one hundred and twenty-one "Old Cranks" as the C.E.T. delegates came to be called.†
Book A2 -
- But it is also the period that saw the composing of the Litany against Fear and the assembly of the Azhar Book, that bibliographic marvel that preserves the great secrets of the most ancient faiths.†
Book A2 -
- CRUSHERS: military space vessels composed of many smaller vessels locked together and designed to fall on an enemy position, crushing it.†
Book Term
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something