All 5 Uses

vary
in
A Passage to India
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Whatever she said produced a murmur of deprecation, varying into a murmur of concern when she dropped her pocket-handkerchief.†
Chpt 5 *

varying = differing; or changing
His career, though scholastic, was varied, and had included going to the bad and repenting thereafter.†
Chpt 7

varied = differed; or changed
He dozed again, and his thoughts wandered over the varied surface of life.†
Chpt 9
He finds it difficult to discuss the caves, or to keep them apart in his mind, for the pattern never varies, and no carving, not even a bees'—nest or a bat distinguishes one from another.†
Chpt 12

varies = differs; or changes
The small black hole gaped where their varied forms and colours had momentarily functioned.†
Chpt 14

varied = differed; or changed

Definitions:

(1) (vary)
to be different, or to change

Vary is often used to describe small differences or changes--especially about things of the same type. It would be more common to say "The weight of full-grown elephants varies depending upon diet and other factors," than to say "The weight of elephants varies from that of mice."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)