Rarely

Examples

• Many cultivated plants display the utmost vigour, and yet rarely or never seed! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• So far as I could understand, they rarely presented themselves at all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Wandering savages or the inhabitants of open plains rarely possess more than one breed of the same species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He rarely makes presents; he has never made presents to us. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• If great criminals told the truth--which, being great criminals, they do not--they would very rarely tell of their struggles against the crime. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Some of the many kinds of animals which live on the beach between high and low water mark seem to be rarely preserved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• These occasions are very enjoyable to a poor man; but they occur rarely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• He came and went, spoke or was silent, and she rarely recognized his existence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The chairs and table, and the bottle so rarely absent from the table, all stand as usual. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Unlike Celia, she rarely blushed, and only from high delight or anger. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I rarely talk to my uncle, as you know, and never about such things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It rarely happened now that Mr. Maldon accompanied them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Thanks to the phlegm of my nature, I rarely start. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It rarely fails to break perfectly true. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The term variety is almost equally difficult to define; but here community of descent is almost universally implied, though it can rarely be proved. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A hut rarely receives her; the hollow tree and chill cavern are her home. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• How rarely, on the other hand, do our civilised dogs, even when quite young, require to be taught not to attack poultry, sheep, and pigs! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She had no inducements to go back, and had rarely gone. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• A walk was in itself a new enjoyment to him, and one that had rarely diversified his life afar off. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The American college student has the gravity and mental habits of a Supreme Court judge; his wild oats are rarely spiritual; the critical, analytical habit of mind is distrusted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• They occur rarely under nature, but are far from rare under culture. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It is quite understandable that such a creature would very rarely die in water in such circumstances as to leave bones to become fossilized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He very rarely saw his wife. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She was rarely alone, he pressed upon her like a frost, deadening her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I have rarely seen a finer women than my mother; never than my father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But I was not jealous: or very rarely;--the nature of the pain I suffered could not be explained by that word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Yet, for a long time, I treated you distantly, and sought your company rarely. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Editor: Matt