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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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Yamamoto has rarely blinked since.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
In the old days, a college coach — even an interim one — rarely lost a locker room entirely.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025
And that also that process is never rehearsed -- very rarely rehearsed.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Rarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rarely. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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rarely
adverb
rare·ly
ˈra(ə)r-lē 
ˈre(ə)r-
: not often : seldom
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