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.
  • Leopard seals used to be rarely seen near fur seal breeding grounds.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Nerlens Noel has been ever-present but rarely seen this season.
    Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Hair rarely stays the same, shifting in its thickness and texture with time, amid stress, and through health changes like pregnancy and menopause.
    Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Howell, who appeared in one game as a rookie, mostly ran the scout team and rarely, if ever, got any reps with the first-team offense.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In recent months, the group has regularly claimed drone strikes launched at Israel, but the strikes have rarely landed.
    Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • What is rarely said in policy debates is that for the most part, half the population isn’t paying income taxes at all.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • But others reveal playful, anxious and heartwarming scenes — moments that humans rarely see.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One of the reasons for vaccine hesitancy, in my experience, is that these diseases have been rarely seen in recent years.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Job hunters should rarely share sensitive personal information on a site that isn’t encrypted.
    Imani Moise, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Researchers have found more than 75 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles in their digestive tracts, and medium-sized mammals, once abundant in the park, are now rarely seen.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Melania Trump has rarely publicly expressed her personal political views and has been largely absent from the campaign trail.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Napoli would break the hegemony, Juve won Serie A rarely getting out of second gear, shifting up to third when needed on occasion.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • But privacy is rarely the central preoccupation in this work; other concerns, such as justice and equality, figure more prominently.
    Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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 temperatures around the base rarely dip below freezing, and a few of the caimans grew up.
    Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • All this for a couple who admit they rarely—okay, fine, never!—cook.
    ELLE Decor, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The Burgess’ journey to reclaim land and legacy has rarely been marked by chance.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
  • Growing up, Bartlett’s Brooke Baumann rarely turned down a chance to sing.
    Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2023
  • While there are holders for cups, keys and even cell phones, there’s rarely a good place to put a purse or handbag.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023

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