How to Use seldom in a Sentence

seldom

adverb

• We seldom go to the movies.
• This type of turtle seldom grows over four inches in length.
• Since 2004, the Nets and Knicks have seldom been good at the same time.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• So many, in fact, that there is seldom a view of the lake from the house.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 July 2021
• The second, though, has seldom been the case in the minors.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Johnson was seldom in the same place one play to the next.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2021
• The man seldom opens his mouth, though his eyes speak for him.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 June 2022
• Males are seldom seen, short-lived and have wings to move around.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
• The dreams of the dead can seldom compete with the ambitions of the living.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Playing the tune from a speaker seldom brings out the bird.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
• The ball has seldom been held long enough for its logo to be read.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
• At her concerts, Pink’s feet seldom stay on the ground.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Her breadth and skill as an artist are seldom seen at the high school level.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
• But the problem is that modern phones seldom get to the end of battery life.
  — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
• The whole thing starts with two well-known, but seldom discussed truths about hair.
  — Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2017
• The looks of adoration on their faces were of a kind seldom seen outside of a manger.
  — Christopher Lloyd, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022
• That is the part we seldom if ever get to know about ourselves.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 24 Apr. 2018
• But the complaints seldom have been loud enough to matter.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Hands were raised, and by the score; anguish seldom seen before.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2019
• The game was seldom in doubt after that, save for a brief stretch in the second quarter.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2021
• This is not a contact sport, and seldom even a contentious one.
  — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
• The shots are seldom fatal and deter the elephants for a couple of months.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The good news is that rifles of any sort are seldom used in crimes, and hard to fit through your doggie door.
  — Popular Mechanics, 18 May 2018
• But such help seldom comes, forcing her to beg on the streets each day for survival.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2018
• But the fact that it was seldom seen makes the landmark no less important.
  — John Gurda, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2020
• But most of all, K-pop stars seldom talk about mental health.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 15 Jan. 2021
• But there's seldom such a stacked lineup of games in the division.
  — John Zenor, Chron, 27 Sep. 2022
• The man who can right himself by a vote, will seldom resort to a musket.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
• Culture war fights are seldom won—or lost—based on facts.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 25 July 2023
• The tools of writing have seldom been designed with writers in mind.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 2 May 2024