protean
Example Sentences
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Like this city, there’s a protean quality to the pattern.
From Los Angeles Times
Being able to see these protean qualities in technology and the way we interact with it can enlarge our understanding of what it is.
From Salon
Best known for her role as diabolical Russian assassin Villanelle on “Killing Eve,” Comer is a protean presence with a gestural grace and an organic affinity for the stage.
From Washington Post
This might be a conscious tip of the cap — Bielawa has long been a vocalist in the Philip Glass Ensemble — or it might reflect her protean engagement with orchestral traditions writ large.
From New York Times
He was one of America's most Janus-faced leaders, a protean figure who could sincerely shift from the pragmatic reformer to the vengeful autocrat without any apparent qualms.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
