Sentence examples for the buts from inspiring English sources

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the buts

conjunction

Except (for), excluding. Preceded by a negation.

  • I have no choice but to leave.

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But the "buts" fell away.

Don't give me the buts.

You care about the "ands" and the "buts" or you don't, and Hemingway did.

His new girlfriend Meghan Markle is a breath of fresh air who we'd love to see become a regular fixture of life at Kensington Palace…" (The Sun) "Decent people everywhere will wish Prince Harry well in love, and his desire to protect American girlfriend Meghan Markle is both admirable and understandable…" (Daily Mirror) You can sense the "buts" that follow.

Here's where all the "buts" come due.

The buts come from all angles.

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Then came the "but".

— without a "The" but with a period.

Avoid the "but.

"Cleaner for the Environment, but the Dishes?

Not the people, but the whole thing.

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