scarcely ever
Example Sentences
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Like Mr. McElwee, the experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer scarcely ever seemed to put the camera down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
You also know that she rarely smiles and scarcely ever says please or thank you.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
“I still like holding a print newspaper in my hand. I’m 65 years old. Most people under 50, certainly under 40, have scarcely ever held a newspaper in their hands.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Makeshift services have popped up in the camp — a barber shop, churches, a school — making for a corrugated metal world that some people scarcely ever leave.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2023
Florence had scarcely ever spoken to her before she arrived at this merciful unpopularity; but Elizabeth had noticed Florence.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
