except

[ɪkˈsept]

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.