1 And hence it results that a man's fortunes vary, because times change and he does not change with them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX. 2 The churches vary from log-huts to those like Shepherd's, and the schools from nothing to this little house that sits demurely on the county line.
3 Such class lines are by no means fixed; they vary, one might almost say, with the price of cotton.
4 Thus public opinion plays a large part, and the returns vary strangely from year to year.
5 I believe she was happy in her way: this routine sufficed for her; and nothing annoyed her so much as the occurrence of any incident which forced her to vary its clockwork regularity.
6 His plan did not vary on seeing them.
7 They had fried eggs for breakfast and fried ham for supper to vary the monotony of the yams, peanuts and dried apples, and on one festal occasion they even had roast chicken.
8 She thought of surprises, games, to vary the days.
9 We mean nothing but a little amusement among ourselves, just to vary the scene, and exercise our powers in something new.
10 His expression, his manner, his very soul seemed to vary with every fresh part that he assumed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 11 It was of a pattern which does not vary, and so it is familiar to us all.
12 He is of moderate octavo size, varying from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, and of corresponding dimensions round the waist.
13 He even suffered their hands to meet, without betraying the least emotion, or varying his riveted attitude of attention.
14 David alone formed an exception to these varying emotions.
15 Similar sounds, varying in strength, came from near and far over the forest.