How to use "except" in a sentence

We travelled underwater, never coming up except for air

Continue to execute all the express provisions of our National Constitution, and the Union will endure forever - it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.

A few minutes later, there was nobody in the building except for Marius and the Jondrettes

Nothing of him was clearly visible except his face, which was calm and serious, but strangely sad.

There was nothing for him to do except die.

There is nothing else that matters in this world except love.'

The blanket of your bed is covering all of you except for your head, and part of you thinks that this is good

But I know nothing about you, nothing - except that you live at Manderley and..

There was no sound except for the noise of a little stream and the quiet rain on the leaves

No one except Robert has been in the room, apart from Madam, of course

Rebecca never loved anyone except herself.'

Tina searched the entire house, except for Danny's old room, but she didn't find an intruder

The place was relatively quiet, except for the muffled oceanic roar of the VIP crowd that waited in the main showroom, beyond the velvet curtains.

The house was silent except for the softly humming refrigerator.

It's not usually dangerous, except if he has a mouthful of food when he faints, because then he might choke to death.

that alone will require a lot more manpower than the police can spare for anything except a murder case, a hot kidnapping, or maybe a narcotics investigation."

Regulations on banks and real estate agents and on everyone else - except casino owners - are less troublesome here than in other states, which takes a burden off everybody, but which is especially attractive to people trying to spend and invest dirty cash

Plows had kept the blacktop clean, except for scattered patches of hard-packed snow that filled the potholes, and snow was piled five or six feet high on both sides.

except in the crudest way

except Danny." Dombey sighed

I then disconnected the telephone - I always did this now at night - and turned out all the lights except the lamp on my desk.

And, Mrs Clement, you are the only person in the village I can talk to, except a lot of old women.'

'They came by hand after lunch,' she said 'All except one

That is, except for one coincidence

'Yes, except for..

However, the next day there was no report in the newspapers except one small note in the Daily Telegraph, and the world knew nothing of one of the greatest dangers that ever threatened Earth.

It seemed like any other Sunday - except for the empty houses, and the other ones where people were packing.

My brother spoke to several of the refugees but none could give him any news of Woking, except one man who said that it had been totally destroyed the previous night.

There is no safety from the Black Smoke except by running away.

By chance the kitchen had escaped and now stood buried under earth and bricks, covered on every side except towards the cylinder

I could see in every direction except behind me and there were no Martians in sight.

The Martians, it seemed, had killed and eaten everyone around there, except for a few lucky ones like myself

The voice grew stronger and stronger, although I could see nothing above the roof-tops on the north side of the park except some smoke to the north-west.

I learned nothing new except that already in one week the examination of the Martians' machines had produced amazing results

No one escaped except you.'

Certainly, in all the bodies of the Martians that were examined after the war, no germs were found except ones that came from Earth

'Now we can do nothing except wait for Mr Munro to call us, and then we will see if my theory is correct.'

I began reading the book from the letter 'a' to the letter 'z' I had the symptoms of all the diseases in the book, except for one!

I now feel rather well, except for my liver problem

(George goes to sleep at a bank from ten o'clock to four o'clock, Monday to Friday, except on Saturdays

'How do you know if I work, Harris? You're always sleeping, except at meal times

Have you ever seen Harris awake, except at meal times?' George asked me.