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
  • For decades, so much water has been diverted that the river has seldom met the sea and its once-vast wetlands in the river’s delta have dried up.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Webster seldom stopped for chit-chat, taking only a brief break in the middle and end of her set to say hello and introduce her impressive backing band.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024

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