Sentence examples for except, why from inspiring English sources

I know all about that girl except "why".

Except, why would it be something that anyone should have to endure?

And it can tell us everything about America, except why we are proud that we are Americans".

Except why bother with girls, if you don't need mothers to lay those little egg cells in the first place?

And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.

"There is nothing more to say – except why," she goes on, "But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how".

"I had no feelings at the time, except wondering: why have they done this?

His work comprehends all manner of things about previous art except, crucially, why it was created.

There's nothing strange about the story except this: why doesn't it happen more often that people who profess to be poets write song-lyrics too?

Except for why Beckett would let Castle tag along beside her, and that is almost immediately addressed: he's friends with the mayor.

One of the highest-grossing movies in history, "Raiders of the Lost Ark," was offered to every studio in Hollywood, Goldman writes, and every one of them turned it down except Paramount: "Why did Paramount say yes?