Sentence examples for except for the brief from inspiring English sources

They recognized some sort of Byzantine hegemony, except for the brief periods when the Ottonian emperors sent armies from the north.

I don't play video games, hadn't since middle school, except for the brief period when it was socially acceptable for parties to devolve into rounds of Guitar Hero or Rock Band, the way they now do into YouTube sessions.

Stiff, surly, snarling, sneering, Presley never seems to be enjoying himself except for the brief, unforgettable sequence when he slides down a fire pole and belts out the movie's theme song.

And the two were excellent examples of the ridership one might find at any given time on the Staten Island Railway, except for the brief morning and evening worker-bee rush to and from the Staten Island Ferry.

But since then membership has been in decline, except for the brief increase in 1997 inspired by Tony Blair, and the downward trend has been pretty even across the decades.

Except for the brief passings of emotion on Gordy's face, this is an exhausted rehash of Mr. Schwarzenegger breaking through red tape to struggle against his nemesis of the moment.

Use "Save draft" instead of "Publish", except for the briefest edits; in that case click save draft before publishing, so you have a private copy for that (inevitable?) second edit... "Preview" your edits.

Seattle's Freddy Garcia and the three relievers who followed him shackled the Yankees, 2-0, at Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series, except for the one brief moment in the ninth inning when it seemed Sojo might win the game.

They rarely come ashore, except for the females' brief visits to construct nests and deposit eggs.

In their years as prisoners, the women never left the house except for two brief visits to the adjacent garage, the police said.

Thereafter, it was abandoned until the 20th century, except for a brief interval during the Crusades; the Arabs called the mountain Al-Sabba ("The Accursed").