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Adobe Photoshop was used to compose bitmap figures and Corel Draw was used to compose line drawings.
He did not focus exclusively on letter-perfect performance but attempted to enable the child to explore the keyboard, even to compose.
You have to arrange the items and compose the shot to make the subject the hero.
As often as possible, please compose yourselves in the equanimity of thought-free wakefulness.
The Prince took a deep breath as he tried to compose himself before speaking in a tone all too calm.
She did become upset at one stage and we stopped the interview to allow her to compose herself.
He had recovered from his scare but the walking hadn't helped his struggle to compose himself.
It is just you that is down and you have to find ways to pull yourself together, to compose yourself.
He took several moments to compose himself, visibly struggling for control.
Why not wait until all of the crew members have had a chance to get home and rested and compose themselves a bit?
All three men retell their stories of disillusionment slowly and methodically, taking breaks to compose themselves.
While some created their monoprints, others began to compose first drafts of their poems at the computer.
But in a funny way our very brains are the things we use to compose lyrics and we draw on things to write songs.
In fact, music critics everywhere are thumbing through a thesaurus, competing to compose a squirtier review of her impressive sophomore album.
Nearing the door, she stopped to compose herself, breathing deeply, and collecting her thoughts.
Even as he watched, she wiped a tear from her cheek, and visibly struggled to compose herself.
I took a few well needed seconds to compose myself, and I was thankfully returned to a calm and collected state, on the outside at least.
She paused while the raging feelings ran through her body, making her shake even though she tried to compose herself.
For the rest of his life he struggled to find time and energy to compose while making a living as a teacher and performer.
As I step forward to check in with the next guard, my grandmother retreats to the bathroom to compose herself.
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Examples from Classical Literature
A genius, and ambidextrous, he could write sonnets with one hand and compose operas with the other.
We have learned by the stereoscope that we have two different views of every object, and compose a third view from those two.
The sensibilia are opposed to the intelligibilia, which compose the transcendental world.
The toothache an' cholic together id compose you betther for an argyment than itself.
The edges of the pyramids are formed by filiform bars similar to those which compose the original lattice-work of the Sagosphrida.
He also was the manager of a theatrical company and had persuaded Mozart to compose the music to a puppet show for him.
The source of the elements which compose the Pampean alluvia is very uncertain.
Eighteen genera compose the sub-tropical family in which hamamelis is the type.
Our lives are a congeries of solipsisms, out of which in strict logic only a God could compose a universe even of discourse.
It suffices to name the families of the conifer and the Amentace, which compose the greater portion of the Flora of our forests.
Coma Berenices has fewer stars, but they are of a larger class than those which compose the Pleiades.
I had begged him to compose a cadenza for me, but he directed me to write one myself.
This is the volva and is formed by the gelatinization of the outer layer of threads which compose it.
Local bards also compose for themselves such stirring ditties as sourwood Mounting.
Counting the number of cubes that compose the hypercube we find that there are eight.
And then I've promised to compose you a serenata, with seventy-five verses.
In the nearer ranks we may discern the variety of ingredients that compose the mass.
It need hardly be said that in any case it was not Handel's practice to compose his works on an organ.
With two or more Cells and axile Placent, namely, with as many cells as there are carpels, that have united to compose the organ.
Fibrin, or the elements which compose it, also escapes to infiltrate the mucous membrane and remain upon its surface.
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