All 4 Uses
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Nectar in a Sieve
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- I think it cost him a good deal to say what he did, and he never varied his attitude once.†
Chpt 2 *varied = differed; or changed
- Want is our companion from birth to death, familiar as the seasons or the earth, varying only in degree.†
Chpt 19varying = differing; or changing
- I leant against that same wall by which we had laid ourselves down, watching the wind play with the yellow flare on top of the temple, looking into the darkness which varied its pitch from point to point.†
Chpt 24varied = differed; or changed
- On one side of the hill the land fell away sharply, almost vertically, and here was revealed the actual quarry, an enormous irregular crater strewn with boulders and lined with jagged rocks, its sides pitted with holes of varying size.†
Chpt 27varying = differing; or changing
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)