From these disparate components, though, a recognizable (if not completely unified) narrative can be discerned.

A Jophur instinctively knows-as most unitary beings do not-that it is possible to blend and mix and match disparate components to make a new composite being.

At other times, Mr. Wolfe's conceits overwhelm the play and its disparate components fail to hold together.

Gradually, disparate components would begin to solidify, and as heavier forms accumulated on top, those on the bottom would coalesce to form conglomerates.

Pakistan is always on the brink of breaking apart into its widely disparate components.

They act on the four elements of the "fire tetrahedron," the disparate components that combine to create the chemical reaction underlying any fire.

We have to stay away from it," he explained as he connected the disparate components of his machine.

Issues of Biz, a magazine for secretaries published by Xerox Learning Systems in the 1980's, were similarly deconstructed into disparate components.

But before the foregone conclusion surfaces about halfway through, its disparate, unnerving components are mesmerizing.

In design, the DSR still looked like several disparate (but large) components had been squashed together.