Sentence examples for were but from inspiring English sources

Cautious the collections were, but not meretricious.

Wearable the clothes were, but also conventional.

Some were, but many were not.

Others were but have vanished.

I wish there were, but there aren't".

We thought we were, but we weren't.

But these were but ripples of concern.

They were, but in limited ways.

I wish I were, but I'm not.

The Murdoch division, as it were, but with one difference.

He said there were but he was reluctant to publish.