RARE in a Sentence
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277 example sentences for RARE, such as:
1. A rare bird has just flown by.
2. That bird is very rare in this country.
3. He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
4. She suffers from a rare disease of the brain.
5. With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
2. That bird is very rare in this country.
3. He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
4. She suffers from a rare disease of the brain.
5. With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
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Meanings and Examples of RARE
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rare
a. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
a. not widely distributed
Classic Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1 Frome was in the habit of walking into Starkfield to fetch home his wife's cousin, Mattie Silver, on the rare evenings when some chance of amusement drew her to the village.
2 The strange exaltation of his mood had brought on one of his rare fits of boastfulness.
3 But, when Mrs. Wilkes, "a great lady and with a rare gift for silence," as Gerald characterized her, told her husband one evening, after Gerald's horse had pounded down the driveway.
4 Except on rare occasions she always wore her riding habit, for whether she rode or not she always expected to ride and in that expectation put on her habit upon arising.
5 But you, my dear Miss O'Hara, are a girl of rare spirit, very admirable spirit, and I take off my hat to you.
6 I thought: Miss O'Hara is a girl of rare spirit.
7 Since the return of her wedding ring, Melanie had felt that Rhett was a gentleman of rare refinement and delicacy and she was shocked at this remark.
8 But Melanie, by rare luck, had come into possession of enough gray broadcloth to make a coat--a rather short coat but a coat just the same.
9 Scarlett could not help noticing that the child was beginning to avoid her and, in the rare moments when her unending duties gave her time to think about it, it bothered her a great deal.
10 Hams in wine, pressed duck, pate de foie gras, rare fruits in and out of season, were spread in profusion.
11 It was one of those rare December days when the sun was almost as warm as Indian summer.
12 There were a thousand chances to one against her meeting anybody, but one could never tell, and she always paid for her rare indiscretions by a violent reaction of prudence.
13 With so much time to talk, and no definite object to be led up to, she could taste the rare joys of mental vagrancy.
14 It was perhaps her very manner of holding herself aloof that appealed to his collector's passion for the rare and unattainable.
15 It was here that her aunt received her rare confidences, and the pink-eyed smirk of the turbaned Beatrice was associated in her mind with the gradual fading of the smile from Mrs. Peniston's lips.
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1 Monogamy is rare in most animal groups, but is common among birds.
2 With rare exceptions, he does not appear in public now.
3 The programme gives us a rare glimpse of a great artist at work.
4 For the city attorney, such a public reversal of legal advice is rare.
5 Such talented person echelon and specialized troop, for profession in rare.
6 As we approached the summit we were vouchsafed a rare vision.
7 This weekend, visitors will get a rare chance to visit the private apartments.
8 She is one of those rare politicians whom one can trust not to swerve from policy and principle.
9 A rare bird has just flown by.
10 That bird is very rare in this country.
11 She suffers from a rare disease of the brain.
12 He has a collection of rare insect specimens.
13 It was a rare honour to be made a fellow of the college.
14 Some kinds of birds which were once a common sight are now becoming rare.
15 It is rare for the responsibility for causing conflict to rest solely on one side.