Examples of rarely in a Sentence
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.
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The best ideas rarely appear from staring at a screen.
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Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Dental experts warn that the simultaneous erosion of Medicaid and fluoridation could exacerbate a crisis of rural oral health and reverse decades of progress against tooth decay, particularly for children and those who rarely see a dentist.
—Brett Kelman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
The truth is, a loss as total as Thursday’s embarrassment comes along more rarely than once a generation.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Crimes will be solved, cases closed, and maladies healed; yes, sometimes things will go wrong, but only rarely—so that the program can emphasize how often things go right instead.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Dental experts warn that the simultaneous erosion of Medicaid and fluoridation could exacerbate a crisis of rural oral health and reverse decades of progress against tooth decay, particularly for children and those who rarely see a dentist.
—Brett Kelman, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
The truth is, a loss as total as Thursday’s embarrassment comes along more rarely than once a generation.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Crimes will be solved, cases closed, and maladies healed; yes, sometimes things will go wrong, but only rarely—so that the program can emphasize how often things go right instead.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Rarely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rarely. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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rarely
adverb
rare·ly
ˈra(ə)r-lē 
ˈre(ə)r-
: not often : seldom
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