How to Use almost never in a Sentence

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  • Imposter syndrome happens to the best of us and almost never to the worst of us.
    Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In the past year, Biden has almost never appeared in public without the use of the teleprompter.
    Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The entire process is supposed to be done by Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, but almost never is.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But at $449, the Move doesn’t come cheap, and Sonos almost never puts its products up for sale.
    Tim Chan, Variety, 17 July 2024
  • 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
  • But here’s the thing: For all the show’s talk of gold, the characters (and the audience) almost never see any.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • Apple almost never sets the date, even the month, at this time in the software cycle.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The fires almost never grow into a destructive blaze due to the lack of high winds.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Grooms almost never wear makeup and no one frets about their skin.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Lynn almost never tips for takeout or counter service, the domain of the iPads.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Since the sun doesn’t go down until almost never, the evenings can be spent fishing, too, though boats have to be off the water by 10 p.m.
    David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • As a result, the Sun circles the horizon near the poles, almost never setting on some crater rims.
    Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
  • Frank, on the other hand, almost never comments on news from the United States.
    Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Owls are almost never seen; in 25 years one showed itself ...
    Daniel Foster, National Review, 16 May 2024
  • This is the story of a fabulous book that almost never was.
    Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • These funds are lent, but almost never on an overnight basis.
    Edwin T. Burton, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But Disney appears to be all-in on the boss, even though the sequel almost never lives up to the original.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Except the thing almost never comes out looking like the picture on the website.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • But none is a patch on the films, and there’s almost never a sense that Winston’s side of things is really in danger.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The name of the club was CBGB, an acronym for three types of music—country, bluegrass, and blues—that would almost never be played there.
    Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
  • But if his words were hard to follow, his cooking almost never was.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Tom Ford almost never puts a logo on anything, which is what makes the brand's eyewear so unique.
    Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
  • As always, the key to pulling off an impression of Belichick was to almost never smile.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The employers who signed their paychecks and looked the other way almost never face charges.
    Federico Peña, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But if the boss is the one taking money from the employee, they are almost never dealt with by police or criminal courts.
    Emily Galvin Almanza, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Boone speaks for the record multiple times a day, eight months a year, and almost never commits an unforced error.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Deltona almost never appears at all.
    Christopher Bellingham, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026

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