How to Use multifarious in a Sentence

multifarious

adjective
  • That road has been a constant and multifarious one for Jones.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The efforts to cut short that shadow have been many and multifarious.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Voters’ views tend to be multifarious and vary by age group.
    — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Georgiana in her multifarious endeavors of both the pianoforte and the heart.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Other members of that now-defunct conclave are folks Otash has crossed paths with in the course of multifarious doings.
    — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 11 June 2021
  • This year’s Summerfest will chart a multifarious path that brings to mind the words of the late author, teacher and social activist Grace Paley.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But the multifarious state of the reckoning is very much an argument for a commission.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 20 May 2021
  • Though his features are few — the character never gets an aria of his own — his voice is a thing of multifarious sumptuousness.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Scott Pask’s bare-boards set, lighted with nowhere-to-hide clarity by Adam Honoré, consists of some sheets of parachute silk and olive-drab packing crates, which are put to multifarious use.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 27 June 2018
  • Each item, sampling Ray’s multifarious subjects and means, scores a discrete shock.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Over the course of his multifarious career, Metheny has led numerous bands, more than a few of whose members later became band leaders in their own right.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The reasons for this alarming gap are, like the causes of addiction itself, multifarious.
    — Zachary Siegel, Harper’s Magazine , 30 Aug. 2022
  • Or, more precisely, a truly creative artist who mastered the textbooks of music, then put them aside and forged a stunningly multifarious path all his own.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The pianist seemed to my ears to be insightfully examining Beethoven’s process of grieving the loss of his hearing, the multifarious emotions flying forth.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Greater agility will be a highly sought after skill, as the type of issues facing leaders post-pandemic can be multifarious.
    — Sairah Ashman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Ralph Fiennes plays the sleuth-like Cardinal Lawrence overseeing the selection of a new pope, amid icy glares, hidden agendas and multifarious intrigue.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Expectant mothers are not routinely screened for CMV and the reasons why are multifarious.
    — Essence, 19 July 2022
  • In the age of Instagram, Jane Birkin’s personal style often eclipsed her multifarious talents.
    — Faye Fearon, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
  • In the age of Instagram, Jane Birkin’s personal style often eclipsed her multifarious talents.
    — Faye Fearon, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2023
  • No other form of writing feels so strange, so multifarious, so completely and utterly new.
    — Tom Bissell, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2013
  • Even with the expectation that Story may face some bumps in trying to regain his timing, the Sox see anticipate a multifarious upgrade.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The only thing that has prevented Twitter’s stock from falling to single digits over the past few months has been the multifarious rumor of a possible acquisition.
    — Nick Bilton, The Hive, 4 Jan. 2017
  • The only thing that has prevented Twitter’s stock from falling to single digits over the past few months has been the multifarious rumor of a possible acquisition.
    — vanityfair.com, 4 Jan. 2017
  • The only thing that has prevented Twitter’s stock from falling to single digits over the past few months has been the multifarious rumor of a possible acquisition.
    — Nick Bilton, The Hive, 4 Jan. 2017
  • That includes this particular telling, rendered by a multifarious cast of five, under the direction of David Herskovits.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The sprawling, multifarious space at 108 Cleveland Ave.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 22 Feb. 2022
  • No single response can blunt these multifarious activities, but transparency is the place to start.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • He is widely seen as understanding the multifarious mechanics of sanctions, a rare feat.
    — New York Times, 13 May 2018
  • Nervous systems are diverse, and so the aesthetics and emotions that are part of these experiences no doubt take on multifarious textures across the animal kingdom.
    — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The cost of living in California is exorbitant, and so is campaigning for major office in this far-flung, multifarious state.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023

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