All 5 Uses

vary
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Winter Dreams
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NOW, OF COURSE, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.†
p. 4.1 *

varied = differed; or changed
Later in the afternoon the sun went down with a riotous swirl of gold and varying blues and scarlets, and left the dry, rustling night of Western summer.†
p. 6.1

varying = differing; or changing
IT BEGAN like that—and continued, with varying shades of intensity, on such a note right up to the denouement.†
p. 10.1
He was, as he found before the summer ended, one of a varying dozen who circulated about her.†
p. 10.5
He knew that Irene would be no more than a curtain spread behind him, a hand moving among gleaming tea-cups, a voice calling to children ...fire and loveliness were gone, the magic of nights and the wonder of the varying hours and seasons ...slender lips, down-turning, dropping to his lips and bearing him up into a heaven of eyes...†
p. 12.9

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)