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.
• Such levies seldom raise as much as hoped.
  — Ian King, CNBC, 27 May 2026
• But tax forms are seldom easy, and this one is new.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 May 2026
• The man seldom opens his mouth, though his eyes speak for him.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 June 2022
• Alas, the tree seldom lives for more than two decades or so.
  — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
• Males are seldom seen, short-lived and have wings to move around.
  — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2019
• 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
• Kids are welcome here but are seldom seen.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
• The ball has seldom been held long enough for its logo to be read.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2022
• Gobblers seldom come straight to a hunter.
  — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
• As the adage goes, the road to success is seldom a straight line.
  — James Manso, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
• Her breadth and skill as an artist are seldom seen at the high school level.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
• Their games seldom reach the fourth quarter.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Dec. 2025
• The whole thing starts with two well-known, but seldom discussed truths about hair.
  — Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2017
• Ticket prices would be such that there would seldom be an empty seat.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
• But most of all, K-pop stars seldom talk about mental health.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 15 Jan. 2021
• This is not a contact sport, and seldom even a contentious one.
  — Eamon Lynch, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
• Skimping on seed seldom saves money in the long run.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
• Skimping on seed seldom saves money in the long run.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
• My grandma seldom drank water, let alone baked with it.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2025
• Most claimed horses seldom advance past this tier or races.
  — Neil Greenberg, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• Hands were raised, and by the score; anguish seldom seen before.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2019
• But such help seldom comes, forcing her to beg on the streets each day for survival.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2018
• Things begun under dark stars seldom work out right.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
• And, whether or not your colleague is at risk for suicide, that seldom goes wrong.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
• Kaden and Keira, though, seldom were teammates.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
• Then, there are others that are so seldom seen that decades pass before they’re seen again.
  — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 11 Apr. 2026
• Yet seldom has a party controlled so much and looked so bad doing it.
  — Author: Leonard Pitts, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017
• The answers are seldom simple or bright.
  — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026