Examples of rare breed in a Sentence
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Drake is the rare breed of a rapper who can craft a scathing diss track that damages another artist’s career trajectory and doubles as a song of the summer contender.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
Psyche is the largest of a rare breed of asteroids – those that are metal-rich, known as M-types.
—Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
Lefty quarterbacks are a rare breed in today’s NFL; Tagovailoa is currently the only lefthanded starter.
—Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
Hayden Crist is a relatively rare breed in a sea of hyper-specific culture vultures.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
But Meloni, Italy’s first female prime minister and the head of its most right-wing government since the end of World War II, is a rare breed of hard-right leader: one who has earned a reputation as someone Washington and Brussels can do business with.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Gabriel Menkin, fondly known as Gabe, personifies this rare breed of visionaries.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The movie, in which Laurent stars alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos, Manon Bresch and Isabelle Adjani, is a rare breed of action-comedy driven by fearless female characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 July 2023
Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Scientists are making a mountain out of a mole hill after finding a rare breed of sightless burrowing mammal not seen for the better part of a century.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
Psyche is the largest of a rare breed of asteroids – those that are metal-rich, known as M-types.
—Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023
Lefty quarterbacks are a rare breed in today’s NFL; Tagovailoa is currently the only lefthanded starter.
—Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
Hayden Crist is a relatively rare breed in a sea of hyper-specific culture vultures.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
But Meloni, Italy’s first female prime minister and the head of its most right-wing government since the end of World War II, is a rare breed of hard-right leader: one who has earned a reputation as someone Washington and Brussels can do business with.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Gabriel Menkin, fondly known as Gabe, personifies this rare breed of visionaries.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
The movie, in which Laurent stars alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos, Manon Bresch and Isabelle Adjani, is a rare breed of action-comedy driven by fearless female characters.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 July 2023
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“Rare breed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rare%20breed. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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