Sentence examples for with a but from inspiring English sources

Google's new tablet, dubbed the Nexus 7, goes after a huge competitor whose company name starts with "A" – but that company is Amazon, not Apple.

Another good idea with a "but": most seniors don't live in congregate settings.

Instead they are saying, "We're not saying it's over... .. with a "but" that speaks volumes.

However, they followed up their denunciation of the slaughter of innocent people with a "but", introducing restrained or resentful criticism of America's political and economic role in the world.

I noted here last year that much of the badness has been leached out of the phrase bad guys, which is often followed with a "but," as a State Department spokesman's recent explanation of failure to go after Osama bin Laden in the 90's: "Yes he was a bad guy, but he was one of many......

An apology means nothing if you follow it up with a "but" and bunch of excuses.

They landed not with a whisper, but with a thud.

NOT with a whimper, but with a bang.

It started, not with a tune, but with a 'toon.

It culminates not with a death but with their wedding.

He says it with a smile, but with heavy eyes.