Sentence examples for except from inspiring English sources
except
With the exception of; but.
- There was nothing in the cupboard except a tin of beans.
The word "except" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to introduce a phrase or clause that contrasts with the main clause in a sentence. For example: Everyone was happy with the outcome of the game except for Sarah, who felt disappointed.
Scheduled to make the 1,492km 9277 miles) journey every day except Christmas Day, the A320 plane has seen passengers delayed for as little as two minutes and as long as 12 hours and 18 minutes.
Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist who invented dynamite, provided few directions for how to select winners, except that the prize committees should reward those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".
All content is editorially independent except for pieces labelled 'brought to you by'.
Except this one.
"You cheerfully break every rule of the theatre that I was brought up to believe in, except the cardinal one of never boring for a split-second".
Next, for all anybody knows, it'll be Google, removing all of the internet except for a Google map of your nearest polling station.
Under the ban, fox hunts can do everything except hunt foxes.
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