How to Use almost never in a Sentence

almost never

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  • But the film almost never came to be.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Simon is almost never at a loss for the right words to say.
    Jeff Metcalfe, AZCentral.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Grooms almost never wear makeup and no one frets about their skin.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • This is why most people almost never do it.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • These funds are lent, but almost never on an overnight basis.
    Edwin T. Burton, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
  • My daughter, who almost never goes to the movie, saw it three times.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Wiles almost never speaks at events or in public.
    Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Heat almost never drafts busts.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This time of year, turkeys are almost never alone.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 23 Nov. 2025
  • With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • But if his words were hard to follow, his cooking almost never was.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The founders who lose their mission are almost never the ones who moved too early.
    Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The hurdle is almost never a lack of concern.
    Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Business teams almost never do this.
    Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Cases of civilian deaths at the hands of the army almost never go to trial.
    Galia García Palafox Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Imposter syndrome happens to the best of us and almost never to the worst of us.
    Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The fires almost never grow into a destructive blaze due to the lack of high winds.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Rain like it almost never rains in the desert around Las Vegas.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Apple almost never sets the date, even the month, at this time in the software cycle.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Children almost never get mpox, the virus that used to be called monkeypox.
    The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • The shops with the lowest turnover are almost never the highest payers.
    Brad Strawbridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • And that just came to me all at once in the moment, which is pretty rare—that almost never happens.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • But don’t plan for a harvest just yet; as houseplants, monstera plants almost never bear fruit.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Person would assume that duty, but the phone almost never rings.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That almost never happens here.
    Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • James and Rupert almost never speak.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
  • These contracts are almost never made public.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Yet, the smaller fraction of people who use guns to try to take their lives almost never survive.
    Michel Martin, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Except the thing almost never comes out looking like the picture on the website.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • It’s almost never seen in coffee shops, and none of the staff had ever tasted it before.
    Alex Mayyasi, Saveur, 10 Sep. 2025

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