Sentence examples for rarely profitable from inspiring English sources

Though they were rarely profitable and many barely had sales, their potential captivated investors.

So cable companies must prove themselves the exception to the wisdom that networked communities, while popular, are rarely profitable.

He says that he is constantly trying to "shut out the noise" of conventional wisdom, because, although it may not always be wrong, it is rarely profitable.

And the 20 years and more of August Wilson's works being acclaimed (if rarely profitable) on Broadway did not result in a new wave of black playwrights being presented on New York's most prestigious stages.

As another holiday season under a stagnating economy draws to a close, it is hardly surprising that San Francisco would lose that rarely profitable of ventures, a jazz room.

Everyone does this, and it is rarely profitable. 5.

The paper trebled its print run to cover this phenomenon, though the expansion strained a company that had rarely been profitable even in the 1950s.

The Yankees had rarely been profitable over the previous 10 years, and reportedly carried debts of $20,000.

Relying on government programs has rarely been a profitable formula for hospitals serving mainly adults.

Politics and playwriting have rarely been a profitable match, particularly when reasonably current affairs are the subject.

It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that's rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising.