Drawn to music which he heard in games, he started to play his own arrangements and variations based on them.

We played variations on this theme for a while.

She played variations on a single theme, but she certainly had the equipment for that!

He played variations on this theme for the better part of an hour.

Then they played variations of the two schemes and others.

The morning editions, both local and national had played variations on the theme.

The rest of the serial plays variations on these conflicts.

And the arts in summer often play variations on that theme.

She liked to play, you know, variations on theater games.

And there were hyperactive sections in which nearly every musician played variations at the same time.