scarcely ever
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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
He was almost always hungry, but that skillful hunter the cat kept him provided with food which, while scarcely ever satisfying, was adequate by his new standard of living.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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