Sentence examples for seldom but from inspiring English sources

He writes, "Such certainty comes seldom, but when it comes it is as irresistible as the downward bending of a dowser's twig".

Because the fits were always of the same intensity and occurred seldom but regularly, she didn't think it was anything serious.

As a composer in instrumental forms, Mozart employed fugal technique only seldom but with conspicuous success, as in the Fugue in C Minor for two pianos, K 426 (1783), and the F Minor Fantasia for organ, K 608 (1791).

He had sold her the year before (retaining the dinghy, in which we were at that moment afloat), because he used her seldom, but he still dreamed about the boat and often thought of buying her back.

So Lotte dances, she dances madly and she dances beautifully, and she flirts and she coos and she laughs and, oh so seldom but so necessarily, this fine production catches Blanchett's not imperfect golden face in seconds of sublime misery.

And in the unkindest cut, when asked if he agreed with the governor's bitter nemesis on the issue, CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, the mayor said; "Lou is an old friend of mine that I agree with seldom, but nevertheless in this case, Lou happens to be right".

This Mortal Abolition Is seldom--but as fair As Apparition--subject To Autocratic Air.

Qualifiers seldom win, but often contend.

Such euphoria seldom lasts, but the nostalgia for it remains.

Conversations with clients are seldom confessional, but he respects confidences.

Their world is constrained, their relationships seldom anything but fraught.