Examples of rarely in a Sentence
She rarely talks about her past.
Rarely do we see this kind of weather in our area.
Only rarely is surgery necessary to treat this condition.
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Despite the importance of understanding finance, public and private curriculums rarely cover this information.
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The co-creator has yet to explain how exploring the theory that Erik and Lyle were in an incestuous relationship themselves forwards that effort — but to expect any better from this vicious piece of onscreen cruelty, mostly true but rarely justified, is rich.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
One hallmark of a Rooney protagonist, after all, is the kind of willful disappearance—into an affair, into BDSM, into friendship, or, indeed, into the hollows of one’s own body—that fat people are rarely afforded.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
Although rarely articulated as such, these stories were an invitation for white, suburban voters to think of welfare recipients as lazy, Black, urban freeloaders taking advantage of working people like themselves.
—Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
The co-creator has yet to explain how exploring the theory that Erik and Lyle were in an incestuous relationship themselves forwards that effort — but to expect any better from this vicious piece of onscreen cruelty, mostly true but rarely justified, is rich.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
One hallmark of a Rooney protagonist, after all, is the kind of willful disappearance—into an affair, into BDSM, into friendship, or, indeed, into the hollows of one’s own body—that fat people are rarely afforded.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2024
Although rarely articulated as such, these stories were an invitation for white, suburban voters to think of welfare recipients as lazy, Black, urban freeloaders taking advantage of working people like themselves.
—Alex Park / Made By History, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Rarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rarely. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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rarely
adverb
rare·ly
ˈra(ə)r-lē 
ˈre(ə)r-
: not often : seldom
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