seldom met with
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But no matter whom you ask in this city’s tight-knit community of Polish Catholics, the name of Marek Bozek is seldom met with a shrug.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2010
Indifferent acting and direction shattered what started out to be a simple, sincere narrative of the type so seldom met with in the movies.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fuliginous condition of the tongue, gums, cheeks, and lips which characterizes that state is seldom met with in epidemic meningitis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The author has one great peculiarity, which is seldom met with, and has, I think, never been noted before.
From Methods of Authors by Erichsen, Hugo
This is a bliss, which, like that of love and lovers, genuine travellers alone believe in; and, except genuine lovers, there is nothing more seldom met with in the world than genuine travellers.
From Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Fullerton, Georgiana
