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Example sentences for "exception"

Lexicographically close words:
excep; except; excepte; excepted; excepting; exceptionable; exceptional; exceptionally; exceptions; exceptis
  1. They are too technical for general readers, but you will make such exception as you require.

  2. With the exception of my call at the office of the American Legation, I made but a single visit to any person in Paris.

  3. The individual exception in each case did very well as a matter of politeness, but they knew well enough what he meant.

  4. They who repeat the saying that "a prophet is not without honor save in his own country," will find an exception to its truth in the case of Emerson.

  5. There is a continual tendency in men to fence in themselves and a few of their neighbors who agree with them in their ideas, as if they were an exception to their race.

  6. Indeed, almost every individual among them will feel sure that he or she is an exception to those generalities which apply so well to the rest.

  7. They were all attended by him until their termination, with the exception of the patient No.

  8. These Branches are in separate buildings, with the exception of the Circulation Branch in the Central Building.

  9. A knock-down and attempted drag-out which at the end is declared a draw invariably promotes cordiality between the principals, and ours was no exception to the rule.

  10. Cloth and twine may answer well enough for annual vines, with the exception of the Morning Glory, but vines of heavy growth should be fastened with strips of leather passed about the main stalks and nailed to the wall securely.

  11. The three colors last named must never be planted alongside or near to the other colors, with the exception of white, as there can be no harmony between them.

  12. In short, as ornamental shrubs, Roses are failures with the exception of a few varieties, and these are not kinds in general cultivation.

  13. With the exception of Washington, and perhaps Greene, he was the best General the Americans developed in the contest; and, without exception, he showed himself to be the hardest fighter produced on either side.

  14. It had its various gradations of title, but, with the exception of rare instances of personal power, there was equality in the mass.

  15. The heathen in mass, with no single definite and unquestionable exception on record, are evidently strangers to God, and going down to death in an unsaved condition.

  16. If anyone imagines that he is an exception to the rule he betrays a singularly misplaced confidence in his own powers,--a very dangerous error.

  17. She seemed to have settled down as a regular inmate of Jake's household, and with the exception of her early rides with Jake she gave herself up almost exclusively to helping Maud with the children.

  18. I should say that Toby is an exception anyway.

  19. Not men like you of course, but you're the big exception to almost every rule.

  20. And my aunt had so thoroughly acquired the habit of this weekly exception to her general habits, that she clung to it as much as to the rest.

  21. For forty years, with the exception of the relations of his sons and daughters-in-law, who paid him a visit annually, we were the first persons who had disturbed his solitude.

  22. With the exception of the wood-duck, this family never perch; they pass the day in dabbling in the water, and sleep upon its surface, or among the reeds.

  23. Of course he wanted to know the names of all, but he was obliged to be content with learning that, with the exception of the vanilla-plant, the brilliant legion of orchids furnishes nothing utilized in the arts or industrial skill.

  24. No sooner was the second out of sight than the principal ordered the room to be cleared, with the exception of Spiridion, and then, rising in his bed, wrote this note, which the page was secretly to deliver.

  25. They were chiefly men of a certain age, with the exception of two or three young peers like himself.

  26. He obtained from his father's old political connection the appointment of attaché to a foreign embassy, and he remained on the Continent, with the exception of a yearly visit to Yorkshire, three or four years.

  27. After dinner, with the exception of Cogit, who was busied in compounding some wonderful liquid for the future refreshment, they sat down to écarté.

  28. There was Cogit, who, when he was drunk, swore that he had had a father; but this was deemed the only exception to in vino Veritas.

  29. The young Duke, with the exception of an occasional visit to his uncle, Lord Fitz-pompey, passed the early years of his life at Castle Dacre.

  30. This founder of the New, or Middle Academy as it is sometimes called, denied even the certain truth of the proposition that we know nothing, which Socrates had reserved as an exception to his general principle.

  31. With exception of Eustace, however, all modern travellers, whose works I have consulted, declare in favour of Ruffinella.

  32. With exception of the false colours with which he disguises his ambitious projects against the liberties of his country, everything seems to be told with fidelity and candour.

  33. By the intercession likewise of Scipio Africanus, an exception was made in favour of Panaetius and the historian Polybius, who were permitted to remain in the capital.

  34. Dacier had been acquainted with the Andrian, by Bonaventure des Perriers, printed in 1537, she would have made an exception in favour of it also.

  35. Rapin, and all other French critics, with the exception of Fenelon, give the preference to Cicero.

  36. With the exception of the difficulty just considered, the summer of 1841 glided pleasantly by, bringing to the busy inhabitants of Nauvoo many occasions of social and spiritual enjoyment.

  37. After supper, on retiring to our room, we had to pass through another, which was separated from ours only by a board partition, the beds in each room being placed side by side, with the exception of this fragile partition.

  38. At that time the whole Baglioni family were to be assembled in Perugia, with the single exception of Marcantonio, who was taking baths at Naples for his health.

  39. Before passing on to the work of Perugino and his school, which one must confess, with the exception of Sala XI.

  40. I had the foul place then all to myself, with the exception of a few workmen, who were beginning to take the roof off one of the upper buildings; for the public of Perugia had already satiated their curiosity.

  41. There is scarcely any trace of the Lombard occupation left in the architecture of Perugia with the exception of the porch over the door of S.

  42. An exception to the usual design of Greek mythology.

  43. With the exception of Perugino's great altar-piece, S.

  44. The best of Perugino's work, however, with the exception of his frescoes in the Cambio, is not to be found in his native town.

  45. We have dealt chiefly with the work of the Umbrian painters, and indeed, with the exception of Fra Angelico's panels and those of some of the Sienese masters, there is little else to study in this small and charming gallery.

  46. It is unpardonable vulgar and rude of you to take exception to any dances on the programme, as if Mrs. Hartmann would allow any impropriety where her own daughters are concerned.

  47. But I may say with truth that I travelled alone, for with the exception of a few crude observations now and then, the silence of discretion was unbroken between us.

  48. As he was generally engaged with business of his own when he went in or out of a room, I was not supposed to know that, on this particular occasion, he was making a flattering exception for me.

  49. With the exception of a single patch of green pines, half-way up its face, no visible verdure covers its nakedness.

  50. You see here, with the exception of long, rigid winters, the climate is essentially northern, owing to our elevation.

  51. So far as relates to soil, there are portions of every county, with the possible exception of Watauga, which is too elevated, admirably adapted to the crop.

  52. A comparatively clear space, with the exception of a few large trees, was between me and the mill.

  53. Quil’s story was a true one, with the exception that in the narration he had taken the place of the actual hunter.

  54. An exception to this general statement must be made of the slow-flowing Little Tennessee; the headwaters of its tributaries, however, teem with speckled habitants.

  55. All walked with the exception of three men, who, each with his respective young lady seated behind him, rode mules, and led the way.

  56. But the boys and men, with the exception of Washington, recognized it as very convenient.

  57. They had all gone, with the exception of Andy and Washington, to the pilot house, and they now returned to the engine-room.

  58. The present instance was no exception to the rule, for a smile broke out on the fair lady's face, and she gave him a glance that told even more than words.

  59. Without exception they were young men, husky and hearty and inspired with a beefish joviality at having found a place where they could ease their feet, and rest their legs, and slake their week-old thirst upon their own soothing brews.

  60. That, however, though of consuming interest to me at the moment, was but a detail--an exception to prove the standing rule.

  61. Our letters from home continued to be of the most cheering description, with the exception of Townley's to aunt.

  62. There was no sign of fear on any face there, with the exception perhaps of that of poor Irish Aileen.

  63. They had a concert, and as often as not some fun, every night with the exception of Sabbath, when Moncrieff insisted that they should retire early.

  64. With the exception of a few losses, trifling enough to one in Moncrieff's position, the whole year was a singularly successful one.

  65. The general tone of the Metaphysical Society was one of extreme consideration for the feelings of opponents, and your father's speaking formed no exception to the general harmony.

  66. Before the time fixed for the meeting of the Philadelphia Convention, or shortly after that date, all the States had appointed deputies with the exception of New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

  67. This system of class control is illustrated by the fact that, with the exception of Massachusetts, the new State Constitutions were never submitted to the people for approval.

  68. There are slight traces of Negroids in the population of the great island of Celebes, to the east of Borneo, and, with the exception of Java, in all the other parts of Malaysia.

  69. Immediately all the natives fled in a panic, with the exception of two or three chiefs and their wives.

  70. The feet alone formed an exception to the ordinary attire, for they were cased in a pair of quaint canvas shoes that were ornamented a little like the moccasins of the American Indian.

  71. At this moment, with the exception of difficulty last named, everything seemed propitious.

  72. In the whole, the French had lost the services of eleven men; all, with the exception of Ithuel's four, in the ruin.

  73. No one thought of Raoul at that happy moment, though to him there was nothing of new interest in the affair, with the exception of the apparent intention of the stranger to enter the bay.

  74. Every captain had a word to say to his officers; but none other worth recording, with the exception of what passed between Lyon and his first lieutenant.


  75. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exception" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abjuration; abnormality; allowance; amazement; animadversion; anomaly; answer; argument; aspersion; ban; bar; barring; beef; bitch; blockade; boycott; carping; cavil; cession; challenge; charter; circumscription; complaint; compunction; concession; condition; contempt; contradiction; criticism; curiosity; declination; declining; defense; demarcation; demonstration; demur; demurrer; denial; disapproval; discard; discharge; dismissal; disregard; embargo; exception; exclusion; exemption; flak; franchise; grant; grievance; hedge; hedging; hit; howl; immunity; improbability; imputation; injunction; kick; knock; liberty; license; limitation; lockout; march; marvel; miracle; modification; nagging; narrowing; niggling; nit; objection; obloquy; oddity; omission; patent; permission; pestering; phenomenon; picketing; plea; pleading; privilege; prodigy; prohibition; protest; protestation; provision; proviso; qualification; qualm; quibble; quibbling; rally; rap; rarity; rebuff; rebuttal; recantation; reflection; refusal; refutation; rejection; release; remonstrance; reply; repudiation; repulse; reservation; response; restriction; riposte; salvo; scouting; scruple; sensation; sight; slam; specification; spectacle; squawk; stipulation; stricture; strike; string; stunner; swipe; taboo; term; waiver; wonder


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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