Synonym: aside from, barring, besides, deny, exclude, reject, save. Similar words: except for, exception, excess, exceed, concept, inception, excessive, perception. Meaning: [ɪk'sept] 
v. 1. take exception to 2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted.
v. 1. take exception to 2. prevent from being included or considered or accepted. 
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91. The eldest prince precedes all men except the king.
92. Everyone seems busy except us.
93. It's a nice pub, except for the landlord.
94. Nothing remains except for me to say goodbye.
94. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress day by day!
95. What other sports do you like besides football? You use except when you mention the only thing that is not included in a statement:I like all sports except football. You can use apart from with both these meanings:What other sports do you like apart from football?
96. There was silence except for the crackling of the fire.
97. I know nothing about it except what I have read in the papers.
98. Your composition is good except for some overcolouring here and there.
99. Most of the Chinese people usually go to work on the bike except when it rains.
100. The building was darkened except for a single light burning in a third-story window.
101. The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
102. The overnight train runs every night of the week except Saturdays.
103. I have not any power in the firm except to recommend.
104. They look very similar except that one is a little taller.
105. There is nothing to indicate the building's past, except the fireplace.
106. Clarissa could think of nothing to say except that she was so sorry.
107. A wide area round the two-storey building is sealed to all traffic except the emergency services.
108. The government has few options except to keep interest rates high.
109. I know nothing about him except that he lives next door.
110. They live in a remote area, inaccessible except by car.
111. You can have any of the cakes except this one.
112. The suitcase was light to carry, being empty except for two shirts.
113. There was no light except for the occasional glow of a cigarette.
114. At school, it simply wasn't done to show that you cared for anything except cricket.
115. Mr Muite refused to talk to them except in the company of his legal colleagues, whereupon the police officers departed.
116. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
117. We would have come straight here, except our flight got in too late.
118. One of Oscar Wilde's most frequently quoted epigrams is "I can resist everything except temptation".
119. There's nothing to do in this town except mooching around the streets; no wonder young people get into trouble.
120. They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
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