Except means: To exclude; to specify as being an exception. Related words include eliminate or object. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Except in practice.
Except in a sentence
Related words
Except meaning
- To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
- To take exception, to object (to or against).
Example sentences (20)
Accessing it provides no benefits except for its visual beauty and animals unseen elsewhere in the Forbidden Lands.
All parking permits, except those for disabled tax exempt vehicles, will also increase by approximately 15 per cent.
A step-up CD is like a bump-up CD, except that the interest rate increases happen at set times and in set amounts.
Compared with a year ago, however, prices for all fruits and vegetables are higher except for citrus and tomatoes.
Designated as the forbidden ground, except for two close attendants, nobody was allowed inside this conservatory.
Below, you’ll find their unedited answers (except for very minor changes made to comply with AP style and word count).
Betsi Cadwaladr has cancelled all planned procedures and appointments on Tuesday, except for those deemed most urgent.
Contact with Wiwchar’s family is prohibited except when it relates to the lawsuit they have filed against him.
All the footage of people being unjustly pepper sprayed or far worse means nothing except the City budget takes another hit.
And when the entire team is in on it except one person, well, that person's about to be ostracized in the worst way possible.
Australians use a lot of plastic, generating more single-use plastic waste per person than any other country except Singapore.
As for the exhibits, not being a certified museum critic, I’m not qualified to say, except to share one purely personal thought.
Cleavage started its business in the summer of 2022 and is open from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. every day except Mondays and Thursdays.
All existing structures on the site except for Poddy Cottage would be demolished under the plans.
Both Uber and Lyft objected furiously and threatened to pull out of Minnesota markets except the Twin Cities metro area if it passed.
As hard as it is to believe whether the show is real, everything is real, except that some parts have been edited for acting purposes.
At Hove Trial Centre Laverty was convicted of all charges, except one count of theft which was discontinued and entered as not guilty.
Boards either had a man or woman of colour represented, but not both, except on five occasions.
Cronulla have emerged as the biggest winners of the NRL's pre-season, coming out on top everywhere - except in the club's bank account.
Brandon Presley, a democrat, was seen as an able challenger and money poured into Mississippi (except black owned media) from everywhere.
Phrases with except
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with except
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- except for 63×
- except that 15×
- except the 14×
- except in 10×
- except as 6×
- except when 4×
- everyone except 4×
- except maybe 4×
- except of 4×
- except where 3×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word except. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.