Sentence examples for had been rarely from inspiring English sources

She had been staying with her boyfriend and had been rarely seen around the neighborhood, he said.

The late sonatas had been rarely performed and were widely thought to be mercurial, if not downright odd.

He said the E.U. had been "rarely successful" when it built integration on cooperation among the member states without the European Commission.

But as age took its toll, Mr Mandela's public appearances dwindled, and he had been rarely seen since the South Africa-hosted football World Cup of 2010.

In turn, Republicans began using parliamentary weapons that had been rarely, if ever, used before, deeply souring the relationship between Reid and McConnell.

And the owners' lead negotiator, Jeff Pash, spoke of compromise, a word that had been rarely used in the almost three years since owners opted out of the current agreement in 2008.

This issue has been rarely considered.

The mechanism has been rarely studied.

Subacute back pain has been rarely studied.

Ever since, they've been rarely shown.

In addition, paradoxical and psychotic reactions have been rarely reported.