Sentence examples for rare uses from inspiring English sources

Brody meets with Walker – or rather Nick meets with Tom, in one of the rare uses of their first names.

Rare uses cases may not be covered, but the majority that are covered are easy to use.

From rare use now and then, it had gone to being the preferred choice.

Another rare use was in 1998, when a tanker hit the Queensboro Bridge and the West Channel was closed.

There were a handful of actual design elements, and their rare use signified a certain megastar status.

In those days, the shootout was rare, used only to decide games in the knockout stage of international competitions.

This pair of assertions provoked widespread outrage, including a rebuke from Republican leader Paul Ryan, who called the statements "racist" – a rare use of the word within GOP ranks.

It turned out that Pinker, who is also a celebrated linguist, had quoted her rare use of the past participle "stridden" to illustrate a grammatical point.

But the whole thing has such gentleness, reticence and intelligence, reinforced by the director's long, static takes, and his rare use of close-up.

@Bartel Dracula: Prince of Darkness – the count is killed by running water (a rare use of this arcane piece of vampire mythology).

If your migraines are rare, using a drug in triptans class at the very onset of a headache can usually abort it or reduce its severity and duration.