Example sentences for: variously

How can you use “variously” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • That task involves choosing what diaries, letters, drafts, and laundry lists to donate to a university or to leave in a closet for legions of biographical ragpickers to quote, misquote, or variously interpret in as yet unimaginable contexts—or to burn.

  • It served variously as a cow pasture (until 1830), drill field, and meeting place.

  • The one puzzlement is how to pronounce comic puzzlement, variously spelled as ??? or ?!

  • Pundits variously said Quayle's withdrawal revealed: 1) moderates' control of the GOP; 2) the influence of money over presidential politics; and 3) Quayle's lingering reputation "as a lightweight" ( New York Times ). McCain framed himself as the candidate of patriotism and integrity, promising to reform campaign finance and strengthen national defense.

  • His best-known book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985), is less a freak show than a gallery in which we can see ourselves reflected variously, with one element out of whack, fun-house-mirror style.


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