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

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

I must say that such noble affability, and active regard, as were shown by the gentlemen of Nuremberg to their men of learning, I have seldom met with elsewhere.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Almost from his boyhood, and a more intelligent, well-informed man I have seldom met with.

From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.