How to Use almost never in a Sentence

almost never

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  • Imposter syndrome happens to the best of us and almost never to the worst of us.
    — Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • In the past year, Biden has almost never appeared in public without the use of the teleprompter.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The entire process is supposed to be done by Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, but almost never is.
    — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But at $449, the Move doesn’t come cheap, and Sonos almost never puts its products up for sale.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 17 July 2024
  • Cases of civilian deaths at the hands of the army almost never go to trial.
    — Galia García Palafox Alejandro Cegarra, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But here’s the thing: For all the show’s talk of gold, the characters (and the audience) almost never see any.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 July 2024
  • Apple almost never sets the date, even the month, at this time in the software cycle.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The fires almost never grow into a destructive blaze due to the lack of high winds.
    — Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • And that just came to me all at once in the moment, which is pretty rare—that almost never happens.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025
  • With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • With suicide by a highly lethal method there is almost never a chance to go back.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • Grooms almost never wear makeup and no one frets about their skin.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Lynn almost never tips for takeout or counter service, the domain of the iPads.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Since the sun doesn’t go down until almost never, the evenings can be spent fishing, too, though boats have to be off the water by 10 p.m.
    — David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • As a result, the Sun circles the horizon near the poles, almost never setting on some crater rims.
    — Martin Elvis, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
  • Frank, on the other hand, almost never comments on news from the United States.
    — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Owls are almost never seen; in 25 years one showed itself ...
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 16 May 2024
  • This is the story of a fabulous book that almost never was.
    — Lauren Leblanc, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • These funds are lent, but almost never on an overnight basis.
    — Edwin T. Burton, National Review, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But Disney appears to be all-in on the boss, even though the sequel almost never lives up to the original.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Except the thing almost never comes out looking like the picture on the website.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
  • But none is a patch on the films, and there’s almost never a sense that Winston’s side of things is really in danger.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • But if his words were hard to follow, his cooking almost never was.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Tom Ford almost never puts a logo on anything, which is what makes the brand's eyewear so unique.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
  • As always, the key to pulling off an impression of Belichick was to almost never smile.
    — Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Children almost never get mpox, the virus that used to be called monkeypox.
    — The Enquirer, 4 June 2023
  • Yet, the smaller fraction of people who use guns to try to take their lives almost never survive.
    — Michel Martin, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Birks and these specific 327s from New Balance almost never go on sale, so hop to it.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 11 July 2023
  • The disease can be fatal without a liver transplant, but at the time, the operation was almost never done on children under the age of 2.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Whatever the reason, there's almost never been a better time to be considering a MacBook Air.
    — Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025

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