All 6 Uses
vary
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
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- Clothes varied from trim professional suits to jeans to flamboyant caftans and smocks.†
Chpt 1.2 *varied = differed; or changed
- Some might find it limited, but she found it endlessly varied.†
Chpt 2.1
- While his photographs might spark off a dozen varied reactions, his personal view almost always remained his secret.†
Chpt 2.2
- We lived in this little house in Carmel that was always in varying states of disrepair.†
Chpt 2.4varying = differing; or changing
- He thought of his partner with varying degrees of puzzlement and interest.†
Chpt 2.6
- Shade rested a hip on the rail and shot the horses in varying positions around the track, ending with the final lunge across the finish line.†
Chpt 2.10
Definitions:
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(1)
(vary) to be different, or to changeVary 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)