How to use seldom in a sentence

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• I seldom stay long after class, but yesterday I spent the evening and long into the night.From the entry long
• The villagers styled him as my Liege, and this style, once established, was seldom forgone.From the entry style
• Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.From the entry licensed
• Ben suffers from hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, so he seldom uses words of more than three syllables.From the entry hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
• The boy is well-behaved and is seldom naughty.From the entry well-behaved
• Help is seldom available for debt-ridden citizens.From the entry debt-ridden
• His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room.From the entry get on someone's case
• Our college seldom honors nonfootball athletes.From the entry nonfootball
• I seldom if ever travel abroad.From the entry if ever
• Cookie lives in the suburbs and is seldom off her leash, but as a hunting dog, she's got that natural predisposition to get into the underbrush!From the entry hunting dog
• Margio seldom saw his mother happy, and often thought of doing things to cheer her up.2015, Eka Kurniawan, chapter 4, in Labodalih Sembiring, transl., Man Tiger […], London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 107. From the entry kampung
• Clinically, a large exoenteric mass may compress the bowel lumen, but seldom induces intestinal obstruction.2015 December 9, “Small Bowel Stromal Tumors: Different Clinicopathologic and Computed Tomography Features in Various Anatomic Sites”, in…. From the entry exoenteric
• Fathers were reluctant to release married sons from gandu and seldom granted them gayauna.2014, Paul Clough, Morality and Economic Growth in Rural West Africa. From the entry gandu
• Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4. From the entry kindle
• Twenty-first-century American conservatives are seldom confused with 19th-century enthusiasts of “free love.” But when the U.S.2013 April 5, Anand Giridharadas, “The Changing Meaning of Marriage”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry free-lover
• What you have discovered in the law is a seldom seen flaw within lawyerdom.2011, Steven Andrew Janda, The Emerald Home Run, page 120. From the entry lawyerdom
• The writers and distributors of samizdats were seldom at risk after the death of Stalin.2009, W[illiam] R. Clement, “Culture in Hyperspace: This is Not a Computer Game”, in Quantum Jump: A Survival Guide for the New…. From the entry samizdat
• If you try giving or receiving a tongue bath, you will notice that it seldom gets completed.2005, Jack Rinella, Becoming a Slave: The Theory and Practice of Voluntary Servitude, Rinella Editorial Services. From the entry tongue bath
• In our waters, however, the shipworm seldom attains a length of over a foot-and-a-half long.2004, Donald Launer, “The Lower Bay, Sandy Hook Bay, Raritan Bay, and Their Tributaries”, in A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters…. From the entry shipworm
• I've never made a printed route because I seldom do exactly the same tour twice.2001 October 23, Marg, “which is better? angel or FK”, in alt.tv.forever-knight (Usenet), archived from the original on 27 Jan 2026. From the entry Knightie
• One seldom sees words like “deadbeat” or “lazy” used in the same sentence with ALS.1993, Dennis Kaye, “The Big Lie”, in Laugh, I Thought I'd Die: My Life With ALS, Toronto: Viking, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry ALSer
• Today, with the need for castles long past, the pechs are seldom seen.1993, David Fuller Cook and Carl Sargent, For Faerie, Queen and Country, T S R, Incorporated, page 81. From the entry fairy barrow
• Rose and Zora seldom got to hear the concerts as they were busy making the Eskimo pies.1992, Kathleen Shafer, Baroda, the Story of a Small Place, page 122. From the entry Eskimo Pie
• In real estuaries, river water and seawater seldom mix together directly as endmembers.1990, K. A. Hunter, “Kinetics and Mechanisms of Iron Colloid Aggregation in Estuaries”, in Ronald Beckett, editor, Surface and Colloid…. From the entry endmember
• We will see, however, that the pointerless techniques are seldom satisfactory.1989, Allen Kent, James G Williams, Rosalind Kent, Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 4. From the entry pointerless
• Lüshun, formerly called Port Arthur, is a large naval base seldom visited by foreigners.1989, “The Northeast”, in All China, Revised edition, Passport Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60. From the entry Lüshun
• He spoke of him seldom but when he did his words were respectful.1989, Paul Fusey Amor, chapter 30, in The People's Republic: A Novel (Fiction), New York: Walker and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 179. From the entry Jainca
• He was curt and seldom smiled, while Wright, a bit hard of hearing, was always courteous.1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally…. From the entry seadog
• A Johannesburger will seldom ask a visitor what he thinks of the city.1978, Johannesburg: The Cosmopolitan City, page 7. From the entry Johannesburger
• The slightly smaller hind print may overlap but seldom registers precisely in the front track.1974, Robert Elman, The Hunter's Field Guide to the Game Birds and Animals of North America, →ISBN. From the entry register
• Ask Dad to take over at times—an applesaucey face seldom bothers fathers.1960 July 10, Heinz Baby Foods, “When baby’s hand is quicker than your eye”, in This Week (St. Louis Globe-Democrat), St. Louis, Mo., page…. From the entry applesaucey
• Cinderella seldom got a chance to open the door for callers, so she was ready as Freddy.1951, Florida State Prison (Raiford) (contributor), Raiford Record - Volumes 13-14, page 6. From the entry ready as Freddy
• The tea was a godsend, though we had no milk and seldom any sugar.1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 80. From the entry godsend
• He loved elves, though he seldom met them; but he was a little frightened of them too.1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, “3: A Short Rest”, in The Hobbit, Unwin Paperbacks, published 1983, page 56. From the entry elf
• Upon this confined, unteleological aspect of existence, the idea of man’s spiritual purpose seldom intruded.1929, Robert Byron, The Byzantine Achievement, Part 2, Chapter 4. From the entry unteleological
• Smooth and crystal clear, as homemade butterscotch sauces seldom can be.1929 September 20, “Hot Biscuits… for Dessert? Just try them with Amaizo Butterscotch Syrup”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 146, number…. From the entry brown-sugary
• It was a close, musty, ill-ventilated place, since its inmate seldom left it.1927 January 22, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger”, in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert]…. From the entry musty

Meaning of seldom

1. adverb Infrequently, rarely.
2. adjective Rare; infrequent.

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Questions about seldom in a sentence

How do you use seldom in a sentence?

Seldom is used as an adverb and adjective. For example: “They seldom come here now.”

What is a short sentence with seldom?

“They seldom come here now.”

What does seldom mean?

Seldom means infrequently, rarely.