Composed

Examples

• Somewhat as a house is composed of a group of bricks, or a sand heap of grains of sand, the human body is composed of small divisions called cells. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Although carbon dioxide is very injurious to health, both of the substances of which it is composed are necessary to life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If the atmosphere were composed of oxygen alone, the merest flicker of a match would set the whole world ablaze. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She was soon in the room, and recommended that Arthur, whom she had left calm and composed, should not be visited that night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She felt as if the spring would not pass without bringing a crisis, an event, a something to alter her present composed and tranquil state. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There was no promise of a speedy departure in his composed bearing and his comfortable attitude. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Soon after, Mrs. Reed grew more composed, and sank into a dozing state. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The universe is composed of impressions, ideas, pleasures and pains! Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The quarters were small, the staff was composed of two men, and the entire work was confined to making photographs of the cars and parts for advertising literature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Mrs Boffin will be very well pleased,' said the Secretary in a perfectly composed way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I had some years before composed a little liturgy or form of prayer for my own private use (viz. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They recited the verses which they had composed, to celebrate his valour and his victories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is composed of pure copper, 100 parts; pure tin, 17 parts; magnesia, 6 parts; tartar of commerce, 9 parts; sal-ammoniac, 3. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The metal underlying the silver plate of the best plated teaspoons is of nickel silver, a trade name for a metal composed of nickel, copper and zinc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Instead of fluttering, it had composed me, to hear of the errand on which he had gone out. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She composed herself as if to slumber. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Woodhouse soon followed; and the necessity of exertion made him composed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Having now composed his mind for slumber, he turned homeward. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Your good lady is quite composed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was seen that the volunteers of the Mexican war largely composed the pioneers to settle up the Pacific coast country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The maniac became composed; his person rose higher; authority beamed from his countenance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mr. Pickwick drew the silk handkerchief once more over his head, And composed himself for a nap. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mother, says the trooper when they are more composed, forgive me first of all, for I know my need of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The walls were smooth and appeared to be composed of a black, basaltic rock. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was a brigade composed of six full regiments commanded by Colonel Thayer, of Nebraska. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In Fig. 64 is shown a modification of the Planté type of storage battery, composed of a series of plates shown on the left. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• It sent the most insurrectionary tune into the world that was ever composed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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