vagaries

Example Sentences

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Some lawmakers, seeming to recognize the risks of letting the vagaries of aging and health determine the country’s political fate, have opted to bow out.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

The vagaries of the schedule are something that figures to hamper MLS teams all season.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

A once proud, close-knit community has been left to the vagaries of absentee landlords, rising deprivation and residents who often don't want to be here.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

That was a major thing that I wanted to do, because I think that it’s easy to traffic in vagaries, and then everybody can sort of escape the implication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In that big field, the old man, whose name we learned after we agreed to buy the car was Ralph Mason, gave my dad a quick lesson in the vagaries of manual transmission.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez