In a sentence
Six example sentences with variable, each labelled with its topic.
The tempo is variable in this movement, drifting slower through the quiet passages and snapping back at the return.
Music
Cloud cover made the light variable all afternoon, so she metered again before nearly every frame.
Photography
Output from the array is variable across the day, peaking near noon and falling to nothing well before dusk.
Science
A variable rate mortgage looked cheap in the first year, then rose with every announcement from the central bank.
Finance
Rainfall in the valley is highly variable, with one year's crop drowned and the next year's dried out completely.
Environment
His shooting is variable, brilliant on some nights and cold on others, so the coach never builds a play around him.
Basketball
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