He loved to show off his protean talent. From LearnThat.org.
For now, the protean corporation's greatest challenge may be more mundane. From Wordnik.com. [Ready For a Change] Reference
Eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The borders of this new world will remain protean, subject to change over time. From Wordnik.com. [The New World Order] Reference
It then simply resolves itself into one of those exceptional instances of what is called a protean form. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquity of Man] Reference
And that's the kind of protean, brand-spanking-new-for-now category I'd like to live my reading and writing life in. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
The engineered sheet is effectively a shape-shifting robot - or, looked at another way, a kind of protean 'programmable matter'. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
It does demonstrate a completely protean personality. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
Nevertheless, we are His ever-protean and greatest work. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Cheshire: The Good, The Bad and Bumping Uglys -- Some Thoughts on Masturbation and The Good Book: Part I] Reference
There is only one Mephistopheles; but he is protean in shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866] Reference
They emphasize, for example, the protean aspects of "David Golder.". From Wordnik.com. [A Writer's Contradictions] Reference
Trying to affix a label to this protean politician is perhaps impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Katovsky: Who is John McCain?] Reference
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was one of America's most protean photographers. From Wordnik.com. [Veterans, Youngsters and 'Ruins'] Reference
China is so big, diverse and protean that no single photograph can sum it up. From Wordnik.com. [At Home In Old Beijing] Reference
This album, in sum, is the protean Bob Dylan as of the time of the recording. From Wordnik.com. [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan] Reference
It was a feat of protean flexibility not even the most adroit Dwarra could duplicate. From Wordnik.com. [Running from the Deity]
His vast protean output has never been more widely available nor more highly esteemed. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
The ultimately demanding and suspicious male, the ultimately artful and protean female. From Wordnik.com. [A Spell For Chameleon]
But much of the protean positioning was not easy and showed long-term thinking and guts. From Wordnik.com. [So Long, Music Man] Reference
But all of them vividly illustrate the uniquely protean nature of warfare in Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing The Line] Reference
The president protean of the Senate, Robert Byrd, is number four in line for the presidency. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2002] Reference
What that means on crucial legislation is anyone's guess, given Mr. Crist's protean politics. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Crist Lite] Reference
His protean talent is a jamming device in the spinning blades of the big machine called Famous. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Michael Cooper: Once Upon a Time in America: My Interview with Sean John Combs] Reference
McKay is the exact opposite, a protean talent who is about to find her perfect outlet: musicals. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Exclusive: Nellie McKay Talks About Her Best Album Yet] Reference
That's because, at 71, McCain is still among the most protean political figures in American life. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Cooper: John McCain, Flip Flopper] Reference
On the contrary, as delightful as it is, the autobiography only compounds his protean elusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mysterious Stranger] Reference
More than the canon is getting rethought in this crisp journey through a protean period of American art. From Wordnik.com. [When American Painters] Reference
Why didn't the press and public insist all along that Clinton devote his protean energy to this kind of thing?. From Wordnik.com. [An October Surprise] Reference
If enough time passes, the extraordinarily protean HIV might evolve to overcome the mutant cells 'invulnerability. From Wordnik.com. [A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS] Reference
He was, in short, a leader on a level we can hardly imagine now --- a protean figure who really did save the world. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: 'Churchill': At 166 Pages, The Most Exciting Biography Of The Year?] Reference
The protean corporation, shifting its own shape to control such forces, will itself have to thrive in a shifting world. From Wordnik.com. [Ready For a Change] Reference
The protean principle of phlogiston was always at hand, and, by skilful management, was ready to adapt itself to any facts. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry] Reference
The depths of the maelstrom roiled, revealing glimpses of something changing and unnamable, born of the protean underworld. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Mr. Malone's new book on protean corporations, "The Future Arrived Yesterday" will be published next month by Crown Business. From Wordnik.com. [The Twitter Revolution] Reference
Given the protean justification of Johnson's case, the issue arises as to how he could draw America so deeply into the morass. From Wordnik.com. [Congress, the President, and the Battle of Ideas: Vietnam Policy, 1965-1969] Reference
Really there is only one figure, a protean one, in the realm of practical life, to whom the poet may look to save his reputation. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
You first used the term, and, as far as I can tell, it has a protean meaning that changes to whatever displeases you at the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Quote Of The Day] Reference
How does Alston understand this protean notion, and how does he argue for the practical rationality of CMP and the beliefs it produces?. From Wordnik.com. [Warranted Christian Belief] Reference
Even as her album sales have steadily diminished, her protean persona has kept her in the news, and maintained her clout as a concert draw. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna Heads for Virgin Territory] Reference
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