except

Definition:
1. Take exception to.
2. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted.

Use 'except' in a sentence:

• 1. Many of the bodies were unidentifiable except by dental records.
• 2. Except for traffic noise the night passed peacefully.
• 3. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in Europe.
• 4. I wouldn't have accepted anything except a job in New York.
• 5. There was no light except for the occasional glow of a cigarette.
• 6. There was no post except the usual junk addressed to the occupant.
• 7. They all came except Matt.
• 8. No one can open mail except the person to whom it has been addressed.
• 9. Except for her illnesses, she had had a particularly happy childhood.
• 10. We would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late.
• 11. He hadn't eaten a thing except for one forkful of salad.
• 12. Except for her illnesses, she had a particularly happy childhood.
• 13. The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep.
• 14. She was unlike him in every way except for her coal black eyes.
• 15. I know nothing about him except that he knocked about South Africa for a while.
• 16. The overnight train runs every night of the week except Saturdays.
• 17. Everyone seems busy except us.
• 18. The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-storey window.
• 19. The company said it would pay in full all its creditors except Credit Suisse.
• 20. They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
• 21. They are banned from launching any flights except to transport people.
• 22. The room was silent except for her sobbing.
• 23. There's nothing except sport and repeats on TV.
• 24. I sold everything I owned except for my car and my books.
• 25. Everyone was late, except for Richard.
• 26. We don't do much in the evenings except watch television.
• 27. He's cut loose from this business except, possibly, where James is concerned.
• 28. I didn't tell him anything except that I needed the money.
• 29. I had nothing on except for my socks.
• 30. The room was silent except for the TV.
• 31. I like all sports except football.
• 32. Prisoners were allowed no personal possessions except letters and photographs.
• 33. They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car.
• 34. You'd swear he was a cardboard cut-out except that he'd moved his rifle.
• 35. The walls were bare except for a clock.
• 36. Our dresses were the same except mine was red.
• 37. My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private.
• 38. At school, it simply wasn't done to show that you cared for anything except cricket.
• 39. Children under five are excepted from the survey.
• 40. There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupant.
• 41. Except for the remarkably tidy kitchen, the place was a mess.
• 42. There is nothing we can do except dig in and wait.
• 43. There was silence now except for the distant sea, a slight zephyr stirring the trees.
• 44. You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
• 45. Arrange all the vegetables except the potatoes in layers.
• 46. The sanctions ban the sale of any products excepting medical supplies and food.
• 47. Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.
• 48. We work every day except Sunday.