How to Use rarely in a Sentence

rarely

adverb

• 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.
• Leading this charge was Porter, the type of Dem that O.C. had rarely seen.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• Start with a club rarely used from the tee box, a 60-degree lob wedge.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
• And in Hollywood, the phone rarely rings with good news.
  — Alex Convery, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Life is rarely this good, so don't let this day pass you by.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
• This is how bed linens should fit but rarely do, even the high-thread-count ones.
  — Janice O'Leary, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2022
• The method has rarely been used in the United States in modern times; the last time was in Utah in 2010.
  — Daniel Victor, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• And $100 of is no joke, Apple rarely drops prices this much.
  — Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 1 May 2025
• This is a place that tries out new ideas all the time, and on a scale rarely seen anywhere else.
  — Laila Lalami, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• One thing Dak rarely does any more is take sacks — just nine in nine starts.
  — Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2022
• The Fed can impact the economy; the Supreme Court rarely does.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2022
• Books rarely make a sound until they’re hurled against a wall.
  — Chelsea G. Summers, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2022
• There is often a body count, but the cause of death is rarely recorded.
  — Melody Schreiber, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
• But the best part of sports is that things rarely go as planned, even in Formula 1.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
• Jansen has rarely — if ever — had a bad snap in his 15 seasons with the club.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2024
• In business, as in life, luck is rarely a random stroke of fate.
  — Margie Warrell, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
• But State of the Union Addresses rarely move the needle much.
  — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2022
• Merced has a clear styling pattern: her shoes rarely compete with the rest of her look.
  — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 June 2025
• The telecast’s targeted — but rarely met — length is three to three and a half hours.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2023
• Before Year of the Snake, the two would rarely spend time together.
  — Flora Tsapovsky, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
• The problem is that overachievers are rarely the ones who push back.
  — Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• Since these mega events rarely can be postponed or replayed, time is of the essence.
  — Marcus Fowler, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
• The difficulty level of the game may change, but the rules rarely do.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• Best Overall Deals Shopbop has some of the best deals on brands that rarely go on sale.
  — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024
• Even these nicknames, though, rarely make it into the top 100 dog names.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• The path to the Cup is rarely a straight line, almost never without hiccups along the way.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
• The two siblings kept to themselves, rarely interacting with their neighbors.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
• Fortunately, the carpenter ant species common in the South typically don’t cause as much damage—and rarely structural issues—as the species found in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 June 2025