How to Use except in a Sentence

except

1 of 2 preposition
Definition of exceptnext
Synonyms for exceptnext
  • The stores will be open daily except Sundays.
  • All parties except some on the far left and the far right have signed it.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • No one knows Giesler too much, except those who played with him.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 July 2018
  • Same scenario, except this time a small buck walked out, with the big boy on his heels.
    — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • No friends and family to meet you with food or socks except at the camp between loops.
    — David G. Allan, CNN, 26 May 2018
  • Deer are more likely to eat poinciana but may not do so except in deep drought.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 18 May 2018
  • Think of it like their form of body odor, except a little better smelling.
    — Jo Yurcaba, Woman's Day, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The Holy Spirit writes no more gospels except in our hearts.
    — Barbara Mahany, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • All work except landscaping is expected to be finished by the end of the month.
    — Ramona Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The answer is: Yes, no one reads it, except those who do.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Which might have been okay except that my personal life was also a mess.
    — Liz Melchor, Marie Claire, 6 Mar. 2018
  • There’s no reason to throw him a fastball, none, except as a mix pitch.
    — Emma Span, SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • There's nothing left in me except to go to my hotel room, take a shower and go to bed.
    — Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Both markets are open daily, except Christmas, through the end of the year.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2019
  • McCoughtry doesn’t have a lot of firsts left — except one.
    — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
  • Every day has the vague outlines of training camp, except there are games, too.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The fair board recently banned signs except in areas where vendors and others have paid a fee to use them.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The conditions are the same except you actually don't get a lawyer here.
    — Caitlin Cruz, Teen Vogue, 20 Aug. 2019
  • So far so good, except the room could have been anybody's home office.
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • So far so good, except the room could have been anybody’s home office.
    — Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Royals are done, except maybe a Wildcard, which looks like a long shot.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 12 Sep. 2017
  • In the jail where my father lived, everyone except the guards wore cheap slip-ons with thin soles.
    — Joshua Hunt, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • No one in high school knew except my best friend Starr and my history teacher.
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 10 July 2018
  • Nevins declined to discuss the findings, except to say that the campaign did not conduct two surveys in one week.
    — Bill Turque, kansascity, 4 Nov. 2017
  • There is not much else to do except enjoy the tournament, and speculate as to what might have happened.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • But the issue with this can be that often, things don't sell and you're left with the same amount of clothes except some are now in a laundry bag.
    — Alyssa Hardy, Teen Vogue, 11 Jan. 2019
  • While a tropical paradise, there is not much to do except swim or otherwise stay in shape.
    — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 20 May 2018
  • Agents told her not to stop at hotels or anywhere else in Canada except to buy fuel.
    — Author: Betty Vanderwielen, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2020
  • So far so good—except that our former employee didn't give up.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Governments simply do not know how to deal with this—except, that is, for those that embrace it.
    — The Economist, 4 Nov. 2017
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except

2 of 2 verb
  • Children were excepted from the study.
  • I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living.
  • This excepts the sort where staffers in toques prepare crab omelets to order and the champagne flows freely.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Their pitching last year was the worst in the league, excepting Detroit.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The teams exchanged punts the remainder of the half, excepting one notable carry by Campbell.
    — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Diplomats, however, had been excepted and some have been trying to bend the rules to bring in their families.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Vesterålen seems to be excepted from reality—a lush mirage in a landscape that should be cold and barren.
    — Mallory Farrugia, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2019
  • As is usually the case with historic homes, and excepting a small gallery space on the second floor, explanatory text and labels are not used.
    — Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 2 July 2018
  • Since the late Eighties, he’s done plus-or-minus a hundred shows a year, pandemic excepted.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2023
  • By-the-glass wines, sparklers excepted, are kegged, and there are a dozen of those (each at $12 per glass).
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The first man to test-fire it, excepting ArmaLite employees, was John Wayne.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Along with Scott taking over at left tackle, third-year guard Forrest Lamp is excepted to play off the bench against the Colts.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Google gets top marks for the exterior of the Pixel Slate (keyboard excepted), but the interior is where things start to get messy.
    — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Last year excepted the Giants are generally in the October mix.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • In other words, biology (possibly excepting ourselves) seems to take great care not to overthink the problem of survival.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017
  • There’s a trade freeze intact now through 8 a.m. Thursday, excepting trades made with the Golden Knights.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2017
  • Out in the main hall, bussers are posted to clear tables, while patrons order from kiosks at each concept (excepting the bakery and Tia Loca).
    — Erin Podolsky, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Or the lack of flowers or anything fresh, excepting an enormous bowl of seemingly eternal Granny Smith Apples on the central table.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland.com, 14 July 2017
  • No earthquake occurred during my residence in Chile, excepting a temblor, or gentle shake.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 11 July 2019
  • Fans excepting family were shut out of Big Ten sporting events, cutting deep holes into athletics budgets.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
  • No one has played more basketball than the Warriors over the past four seasons, excepting the seemingly ageless LeBron James.
    — Al Saracevic, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2018
  • Each episode, excepting the finale, focuses on a particular character.
    — James Poniewozik, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
  • In our Big 4 games hands are crucial to most of the key players (offensive and defensive linemen generally excepted).
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
  • This certainly seems to be an awful lot of national journalists married to Democrats, Andrea Mitchell excepted.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Every fan, and every player (Knicks excepted), has renewed hope and enthusiasm.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2019
  • Car dealers excepted, few state lobbies are as ferociously protectionist as purveyors of demon rum.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 June 2019
  • But this will be the first time viewers will be able to stream live programming from PBS through a digital service, excepting some anomalies over the years like the now-defunct Aero service and the like.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 29 July 2019
  • Community transmissions in the country have mostly been brought to a halt, and most businesses — excepting cinemas, theme parks and live entertainment venues — have reopened their doors.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2020
  • Whitman had imbibed a version of social Darwinism that predicted the decline of nonwhite peoples, Asians sometimes excepted.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • Who — present company excepted — reads newspapers anymore?
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 May 2018

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