How to use "rarely" in a sentence

He rarely bought new clothes, but he was proud of the fact that he had never been in debt

This year had passed in a blur of twelve- and fourteen-hour days, with no vacations and rarely a weekend off.

Until recently, she had rarely used alcohol to calm her nerves - but now it was her cure of first resort

Because she was seldom in her office at night, the drapes were rarely open

'He rarely talked about it

She rarely answered questions and spent a lot of her time sewing, hut her favourite activity seemed to be catching flies, which she always released unharmed after examining them carefully.

Women know things that can't be explained by reason; this kind of knowledge is rarely understood by men