How to Use comprise in a Sentence

comprise

verb
Definition of comprisenext
Synonyms for comprisenext
  • The play comprises three acts.
  • Each army division comprised 4,500 troops.
  • But housing costs have increased even more and comprise a large share of household budgets.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The toy department comprises a couple rows of dolls, action figures, games and squirt guns.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In all, new faces will comprise 46% of the Legislature.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Grapes sourced from two separate parcels, Côte Blonde and Côte Brune, comprise this wine.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This also means that Avatar movies now comprise two of the 10 top-grossing movie titles in history.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Below are each of those ballots from all 63 coaches who comprise the panel of the last Top 25 ranking of the season.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But the Sun’s infrared photons, which comprise roughly 50% of those that reach Earth, aren’t energetic enough.
    — Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Apparel — the majority of which is outerwear — accounts for 50 percent of the brand’s sales and accessories comprise the other half.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The platform's super listeners average across all artist sizes, comprise 2% of an artist's monthly listeners and account for more than 18% of monthly streams.
    — Andrea Zarczynski, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The second group comprises uneducated individuals who engage in daily labor, working on both their own land and the land of others.
    — Photovogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The vaccinated comprise the majority of deaths because such a high percentage of the population has been vaccinated.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
  • These two groups comprise part of what the state calls Phase 1-B.
    — Lara Farrar, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2021
  • And, slowly, men came to comprise about 5% to 10% of her client base.
    — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • This time, the program will comprise songs written in the past 20 years.
    — Kathy Cichon, Aurora Beacon-News, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The three productions that comprise Part 2 should be worth the wait.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022
  • When it’s done, the home will comprise 4,900 square feet with five bedrooms and five and a half baths.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Ceramides comprise nearly 50% of the lipids in the stratum corneum.
    — Lisa Desantis, Health, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Chaeyoung is one of the nine members who comprise Twice.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • One comprises the grim specifics of getting high and getting clean, and the tricks of both.
    — John Williams, New York Times, 10 July 2018
  • Each basin will comprise a separate phase of the project.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 25 June 2020
  • There are four powerhouse teams in the East that, along with Denver, comprise the best five records in the league.
    — Dallas News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Special events now comprise about half of the firm's revenues, Dyme said.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018
  • It is thought to comprise an area of 10 square kilometers.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Picks 1 through 5 can come from any team but must comprise at least two guards and two forwards.
    — Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Indeed children comprise more than half of the top two dozen in the line of succession.
    — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The nub of his lecture was a screed against the institutions that comprise the British state.
    — The Economist, 20 Nov. 2020
  • And most of this work is in the hands of women, who comprise two-thirds of America’s caregivers.
    — Jason Karlawish, STAT, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Kansas and Duke comprise the other side of the bracket.
    — Mason Young, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2022

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