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Sentences starting with except

Except that she was sorry Armand was gone, she rather plumed herself on having separated the Seigneur and his son-- it was something to have been the pivot in a tragedy. [11]
Except for the toad-powder and the peremptory drastics, one might have borne up against this herb doctoring as well as against some more modern styles of medication. [3]
Except it be to give protection against violence, I decline to interfere in any way with any presidential election. [7]
Except when I think of you, dear heart--then I am not blithe; for I seem to see you grieving and ashamed, and dreading to look people in the face. [5]
Except your Kutuzov, there is not a single Russian in command of a column! [2]
Except to visit the boathouses I had not been to Mohair since the day of its completion, and now the full beauty of the approach struck me for the first time. [9]
Except his quarter's salary; and the meeting of the American Board. [4]
Except for the rough-hewn stones that held and directed the water, this willow thicket and glade had been left as nature had made it. [13]
Except in the rapidity with which steam and electricity have enabled us to move to our object, and in the discoveries of science which enable us to relieve suffering and prolong human life, there is nothing new in our experiment. [4]
Except for some people who seemed to have business there, they were the only passengers. [4]

Short sentences using except

In everything except that. [11]
Except one; a pathetic one. [5]
Except in the back. [5]
Except York Harbor. [5]
Except with dynamite. [5]
Except Lyman. [5]

Sentences containing except two or more times

He never interfered with the acts of his fellow-servants, except in so far as those acts affected his master's comfort; and he paid no attention to their words except where they affected himself. [11]
She knew not why, except that there was an indefinable craving for a self respect which had been violated by herself and others; except that she longed for the thing which she felt he would not give her. [11]
It has all the tastes there are except refined ones, it has all the habits there are except good ones. [5]
They were not rewarded by anything new except at the landing, where, behind the bath-houses, the bathing suits were hung out to dry, and presented a comical spectacle, the humor of which seemed to be lost upon all except themselves. [4]
To be sure, he had plenty of comrades, young fellows of fortune, who never intended to do anything except to use it for their personal satisfaction; but they did not seem to be of much account except in the little circle that they ornamented. [4]
On the other hand, the public has no rights in the newspaper except what it pays for; even the "old subscriber" has none, except to drop the paper if it ceases to please him. [4]
In all respects, except as herein specified, the existing blockade remains in full force and effect as hitherto established and maintained, nor is it relaxed by this proclamation except in regard to the port to which relaxation is or has been expressly applied. [7]
Nothing has happened--nothing except a look, nothing except the want of pressure of the hand. [4]
This duty has been, under existing circumstances, satisfactorily performed, in part at least, by authorizing the issue of United States notes, receivable for all government dues except customs, and made a legal tender for all debts, public and private, except interest on public debt. [7]

More example sentences with the word except in them

You must know, yourself, that Hanuman could not have carried those mountains to Ceylon except by the strength of the gods. [5]
Neither of the young men felt like attempting to see Laura that day, and she saw no company except the newspaper reporters, until the arrival of Col. [5]
She liked the Young Doctor, as who did not who came in contact with him, except those who had fear of him, and who had an idea that he could read their minds as he read their bodies. [11]
I am not you; I am a physician, one who has nothing to do except to take the field against suffering and death. [10]
I don't wish you were here now, except that it's yours--all of it-- but I wish you to beat Barode Barouche. [11]
Tell me, can you think of anything like it?--the strange light, the white bear of the Pole, that has no friends at all except the shooting stars, the great ice plains, the quick night hurrying on, the silence--such silence as no man can think! [11]
Another one tells you that this is an exaggeration; that the two chief villages, Port Louis and Curepipe, fall short of heavenly perfection; that nobody lives in Port Louis except upon compulsion, and that Curepipe is the wettest and rainiest place in the world. [5]
Of the reports you mention, I have not the means of seeing any except your own. [7]
There's nothing behind you except the wildness of youth--nothing at all. [11]
Since you say you could recognise the originals of all except the heroines, pray whom did you suppose the two Moores to represent? [14]
I cannot give you a new command, because we have no forces except such as already have commanders. [7]
They had not yet said anything to each other, except how happy, how glad, how thankful they were to have each other again; then a sentinel passed, and she started up, exclaiming anxiously: "So late, so late; Zorrillo will be waiting! [10]
At 11.40 A.M. yesterday General Rosecrans telegraphed from Chattanooga: "We hold this point, and I cannot be dislodged except by very superior numbers and after a great battle. [7]
Milton could not write to suit himself, except from the autumnal to the vernal equinox. [6]
There was nothing worthy of special note in the trip to Frederick, except our passing a squad of Rebel prisoners, whom I missed seeing, as they flashed by, but who were said to be a most forlorn-looking crowd of scarecrows. [6]
Of the numerous works which Hermon completed in the service of the first three art-loving rulers of the new Pergamenian kingdom, Philetaerus, Eumenes, and Attalus, nothing was preserved except the head of a Gaul. [10]
He does not work, except when people are looking, and only then when the observer has a green, naturalistic look, and seems to be taking notes. [5]
Few people took work into their calculations--or outlay of money either; except the work and expenditures of other people. [5]
Of course there won't be much to do, except to stand by, but you will get a better idea of what goes on down there. [9]
I except your Wolff; let the future decide what concerns him and you. [10]
He was alone, without friends, except among the acquaintances he had made in his new residence. [6]
Powhatan was displeased with their importunity to go further up the river, and departed with all the Indians, except the friendly Navirans, who had accompanied them from Arahatic. [4]
Old-fashioned bookcases lined with musty books filled the walls, except where a steel engraving of a legal light or a railroad map of the State was hung, and the Honourable Hilary sat in a Windsor chair at a mahogany table in the middle. [9]
I shall read with him and walk with him, and I shall grow to think like him a little --in everything except religion. [11]
The new house, with a new couple in it, had nothing to offer us except some buttermilk. [4]
There were certain wise and cynical atheists who did not attend the sessions at all except when they received mysterious hints to do so. [9]
It is in winter the only mode Leukerbad has of communicating with the world; and in summer it is the only way of reaching Albinen, except by a long journey down the Dala and up another valley and height. [4]
Smith said that Wingfield would not have been deposed except for Archer; that the charges against him were frivolous. [4]
No sportsman, however, will use anything but a fly, except he happens to be alone. [4]
Nearly any cigar will do me, except a Havana. [5]
What has a widow except her only son? [10]
I never knew why you left me, except that you seemed to believe I was unkind to you, and that something had happened. [9]
Every one with whom we talked, except the rider, had more or less the mineral fever. [4]
They were united, wholly united, there was nothing except themselves, and thus they became to each other an especially blissful world, beside which every other created thing sank into nothingness. [10]
He had that wholesome, happy look, so uncommon in our arid countrymen,--a look hardly to be found except where figs and oranges ripen in the open air. [6]
But except these, who will ask about the reckless countess? [10]
A blue-faced man, who had nothing to offer except that he had been blown up in a mine, would be regarded as a rank impostor, and a mere damaged soldier on crutches would never make a cent. [5]
Of his father, who died in the fourth or fifth year of Henry's age, little seems to be known, except that he was a respectable man and a preacher of the Baptist persuasion. [7]
The ground was white with snow, and all the trees were bare except for a few frozen oak-leaves here and there, which shivered in the wind and somehow added to the desolation. [4]
The invocation with which the letter ended was, as Kingsley Bey afterwards put it, "a pitch of poetry and humanity never reached except by a Wagner opera. [11]
And Honora wondered whether there were not an element of truth in what Mr. Dewing said of their hostess--that she thought nothing immoral except novels with happy endings. [9]
I didn't know where you were for a long time; and then--then it was all right about Bobby and me, except that Bobby didn't get the money that was his. [11]
In fact, except when he had revealed his passion in the matter of the seizing of Venters, she had never dreamed he could be other than the grave, reproving preacher. [13]
I don't know what there is about her, except that she seems to take my life out of me when she looks at me. [6]
Nobody really knew what her plans had been except Olive and Cyprian, who had observed a very kind silence about the whole matter. [6]
All the flags were sent aloft except half a dozen that were needed to decorate portions of the ship below, and in a short time the vessel assumed a holiday appearance. [5]
But these treasures were kept jealously guarded, accessible to no human being except himself and his artists. [10]
In fact, things were going very well with Mrs. Mavick, except in her own household. [4]
These great avenues were at all times, from three till seven, filled with vehicles; and at certain points, and late in the day, there was, or would have been anywhere else except in Paris, a jam. [4]
As the drought went on, almost all the wells in the place dried up, except that of the Tramontano and the one in the suppressed convent of the Sacred Heart,--I think that is its name. [4]
It was very well for these people to assume to be what they pretended; but, she reflected too late, she had no proof of it except the agent's permit. [8]
I thought it well enough to explain that this was a miracle of so rare a sort that it couldn't be done except when the atmospheric conditions were just right. [5]
You know me well enough to be aware that, like you, I am reluctant to infringe another's rights, that except in case of necessity I am not cruel. [10]
After a while we passed another farmyard, with nothing which seemed deserving of remark except the wreck of an old wagon. [6]
During the time we lived in the Thiergarten my mother's hand scarcely ever touched my face except in a caress. [10]
In a small way we were the same sort of simpletons as those who climb unnecessarily the perilous peaks of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn, and derive no pleasure from it except the reflection that it isn't a common experience. [5]
There is no way to avoid it except by the method which you have now chosen. [5]
There is no way of heating the German cars, except by tubes filled with hot water, which are placed under the feet, and are called foot-warmers. [4]
That is the way it was, so he said, except in the last sad times, when your father, for the sake of Don Carlos and his rights, near lost his life--ah, I can understand that: to stand by the thing you have sworn to! [11]
Is there any way for us Protestants, when love for the dead longs to find expression in action, except to adorn with flowers the places which contain their earthly remains? [10]
He threaded his way back to the ferry landing, found nobody at large there, and walked boldly on board the boat, for he knew she was tenantless except that there was a watchman, who always turned in and slept like a graven image. [5]
And all the way back her talk was of nothing except the Celebrity. [9]
He said it wasn't anybody's fault but his own--he wouldn't say any more than that, except that he hadn't spoken to her. [9]
Perhaps the tale was the more impressive because of Crozier's deep baritone voice, capable, as it was, of much modulation, yet, except when. [11]
I reckon he was the best-hated man among us, except the Reverend Burgess. [5]
I think it was that way; you can't tell about these things, you know, except when they are recent. [5]
But while I was sick, Adler's things had been sold and scattered, all except a few old letters, and some odds and ends of no value. [5]
You see, he was pretty old, and George's g'yirls was too young to be much company for him, except Mary Jane, the red-headed one; and so he was kinder lonesome after George and his wife died, and didn't seem to care much to live. [5]
My sister's disposition was not naturally gregarious: circumstances favoured and fostered her tendency to seclusion; except to go to church, or take a walk on the hills, she rarely crossed the threshold of home. [14]
And the story was not in any of its features new, except to the auditor. [4]
He said there was no law to regulate this thing, except that most powerful of all laws, custom. [5]
As if there was much of anything in any human utterance, oral or written, except plagiarism! [5]
M'sieu', the tailor was ill for three days here, and he would let no one except the Cure and Jo Portugais near him. [11]
The wide vestibule was empty except for two men who stopped a low-toned conversation to look at me. [9]
Everything about her was dark, except the whites of her eyes and the enamel of her teeth. [6]
Thus the summer was consumed, and nothing had been accomplished except Smith's discovery. [4]
In fact he was become a hero to all who knew him except his own family--these, only, saw nothing in him. [5]
Their mere howdy-do was a lie, because they didn't care how you did, except they were undertakers. [5]
The Secretary of War will, however, in his discretion, except from the effect of this order any persons detained as spies in the service of the insurgents, or others whose release at the present moment may be deemed incompatible with the public safety. [7]
It is a war claim which implies no private gain, and no compensation except for one of the cases of destruction incident to war, which may well be repaired by the people of the whole country. [5]
I had no visitors; there was no one near, indeed, except the landlord of the little hotel in the bay, and his wife. [11]
These "items" have very little interest, except to those who already know the facts; but those concerned like to see them in print, and take the newspaper on that account. [4]
All, except the very last one, were in the same hand, and they seemed to have formed a single book before they were torn asunder. [10]
And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. [6]
Nothing will bring us into this desirable mutual understanding except sympathy and personal contact. [4]
Shiz declined, except upon condition that Coriantumr would come and let him cut his head off first--a thing which Coriantumr would not do. [5]
It had burned up everything in her except one thought, one powerful motive. [11]
No one is up at any of the farmhouses to see it; no one appears to take any interest in it, except an occasional baying dog, or a rooster that has mistaken the time of night. [4]
Her mind was unsettled: she could hardly recall anything except the plunge over the fall. [6]
It was almost unnaturally quiet in the house and street; she heard nothing except the plashing of the rain. [10]
Nobody need feel uncomfortable about the burglary, except the burglar; but see what a position for the other person's hostess. [11]
The groans of two young singers who were seriously ill were drowned by the din and heeded by no one except the old drummer's pitying wife, who sometimes wiped the perspiration from the sufferers' brows or supported their heads. [10]
He said that two of them could whip a dog, and that four of them could hold a man down; and except help come, they would kill him--'butcher him,' as he expressed it. [5]
How many are trying to save others--others except the distant and foreign sinners? [4]
However, to say true, my tastes are so catholic that I have never seen any cigars that I really could not smoke, except those that cost a dollar apiece. [5]
Perhaps it is true in these days that the old-fashioned torture known as remorse is rarely experienced except under the name of detection. [4]
I will not trouble you any longer, except to say that I shall be ready to come to you at any time my presence may be of any help to you. [9]
It was, however, tried sorely when Fleda came to consciousness again in his arms and realized that a man's face was nearer to hers than any man's had ever been except that of her own father. [11]
She provided the top of everything for those companies, and in abundance --among them many a dish and many a wine which they had not tasted before and which they had not even heard of except at second-hand from the prince's servants. [5]
It isn't much too look at, except it isn't shaped like other knives, or dirks, or whatever it may be called--here, I'll draw it for you. [5]

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