rarely/seldom ever

idiom

: almost never : rarely

We seldom ever dine out these days.

She rarely ever drinks wine.

Note: Some people regard rarely ever and seldom ever as incorrect, but these phrases are common in speech and in informal writing.

Examples of rarely/seldom ever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shot making comes and goes, although rarely ever that extreme, but the defense and hustle, which has been sturdy and consistent as any team in basketball as of late, was nowhere to be found for large chunks of the game. —James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025

Incidents of computer hacking and resultant data breaches regularly make the national and local news as well as the financial cost to mitigate them, but the theft of sensitive corporate documents using say a copier or printer is rarely ever heard of yet likely routinely occurs. —IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2011

The man described living in fear and said guests were rarely ever permitted in the house, WVIT reported. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025

The arcade scene helps bolster support for the newest fighting games by community building, but the arcades in North America rarely ever have the newest fighting game entries available in the same scope. —Veerender Jubbal, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025