Sentence examples for seldom meant from inspiring English sources

When the prisoners dance, it's seldom meant to allure.

Yet, at the same time, she had a miniaturist's eye, arguing that  bigger seldom meant more beautiful.

It is a way that began long ago, in a country where the three Rs seldom meant reading, writing and arithmetic – but something closer to rugby, rape and revolution.

For example, in Northern Europe the bands with Lutheran members usually prefer a personal lyrical approach, which is seldom meant to "convert" in an aggressive manner, since evangelism has been more typical among American bands.

We may be shocked that, throughout Restoration comedy, women who say "no" seldom mean it.

As Dolan, Wang and so many of the 26 club owners on the list have learned, all their means seldom means a championship.

These days, however, when we say that we fell down the rabbit hole, we seldom mean that we wound up somewhere psychedelically strange.

This wisdom reminds us that spirituality seldom means denouncing material possessions; it means acknowledging life just as it is, embracing it with grace and detachment and simply surrendering to the love in our hearts and the wisdom of our souls.

I remember finding a copy of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus when I was about 17 and reading "men and women seldom mean the same thing when they use the same words," and deciding that life was too complicated.

IN THE rich world, AIDS, though still incurable, seldom nowadays means imminent death, and malaria kills hardly anyone.

The Kirkenbauers didn't know many people in Dobbs Ferry yet, which meant they seldom entertained, which meant Mary rarely had to cook for more than the three in the family and the staff and herself.