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    Use "exception" in a sentence

    exception example sentences

    exception


    1. I was informed that no exception would be made to the rule, to which I


    2. She is the richest person either one of us has ever laid eyes on, with the possible exception of the guy she was with


    3. The exception was when there was news, a clue, a connection, a hint of warmth on the trail


    4. We had never been able to give much to our kids but the piano had been an exception


    5. But this young detective Melinda Casey might prove an exception to the rule


    6. And you and I are no exception


    7. During the week before Remembrance Day which actually falls on a Sunday this year, I talk with all of the folks at one time or another about what it meant for them – with the exception of Fred, they all have wartime memories of some sort – he was too young and was evacuated with his mother to somewhere in Wales for a couple of years


    8. Then there had been what Joris had termed ‘bits and pieces’ – in truth, valuable artefacts collected from all over the world that he had garnered during his travels; after discussions with Berndt who had taken a quick look at the vast store of, without exception, items of considerable artistic merit if not value, Kara had agreed that the bulk might be offered to the new Guild to form the basis of a museum of some sort


    9. Almost everything that has been written up to this point (with exception of the last chapter) has been foundation work


    10. With the exception of the High Guild, most people are only concerned with their small corner of the world

    11. England’s green and pleasant land is no exception, with every home an entertainment gin palace, where businesses thrive and prosper in the information age, and where the electronically dispossessed watch the valves and fuses of their analogue existence slowly burn down towards a state of mass extinction


    12. When we talked earlier in the week about what to do with the furniture, she was very practical and said to take anything that would be useful here and, with the exception of a few antiques and items which originally came from my parents’ house, sell the rest


    13. With the exception of the last emotion,


    14. completely, with the exception of being told how to


    15. Without exception, the subject’s arm is always


    16. England’s green and pleasant land is no exception, with


    17. With the exception of the Sway Test, the


    18. Imada was no exception


    19. The custom in the neighborhood seemed to be one of putting the front walk under a trellis, quite often of larorlie, this household was no exception


    20. only exception that something actually happened

    21. relatives in attendance, with the unsurprising exception of Stan and


    22. She even had the voice of an old woman, though she had never met anyone else on this planet with the exception of the Brazilians who might know what an old woman sounded like


    23. It ended up being only couples with the exception of Heather


    24. At this time Marcue was probably Desa’s closest friend, with the possible exception of Klegnif but only because of music


    25. The room was very much like the ones on the main floor, with the exception of the window


    26. Mother already went to bed of course; holidays were no exception to the


    27. She tried to dispel the thought by assuring herself with the fact he never spoke to her brothers, with the exception of Jake of course


    28. " He looked as if he was about to put an exception to that, but a hand on his shoulder cut him off


    29. It doesn’t seem to say that there is an exception for the ones who don’t like that sort of thing, so then I wondered what would happen to them


    30. he explained: ‘Without exception these kind of men are

    31. with the exception of the bigots


    32. That of the manufacturing workmanship diminishes, perhaps, in all of them without exception


    33. Brontes accepted his word, without exception


    34. exception (and not just once either)


    35. Without exception, not one has done it alone


    36. It was a cute outfit, which was the only reason why I had made an exception to my midriff rule


    37. They are themselves always, and without any exception, the greatest spendthrifts in the society


    38. However, going viral is the exception rather than the rule


    39. The town, indeed, may not always derive its whole subsistence from the country in its neighbourhood, or even from the territory to which it belongs, but from very distant countries; and this, though it forms no exception from the general rule, has occasioned considerable variations in the progress of opulence in different ages and nations


    40. With the exception of lunch in

    41. You know, surrounded by buildings all over the place, paved streets, lots of traffic, and non-stop noise of one kind or another most anywhere you turned, with the exception of a few peaceful moments in the wee hours of the morning


    42. People normally felt intimidated in his presence and this was no exception


    43. She might have taken exception to him interfering in their lives like that


    44. But in her case there is an exception - those whom she molested, generally boys in their early teens, seemed to enjoy the molestation greatly


    45. In this respect, therefore, all the European colonies have, without exception, been a cause rather of weakness than of strength to their respective mother countries


    46. The exception is when you


    47. There is one exception to this law and that is thought


    48. Cooks, generally, are an anxious and complaining lot, and Josiah was not an exception to that rule


    49. and he guessed this time would be no exception


    50. Somehow the Elusivers had evaded detection in every visit, and he guessed this time would be no exception














































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    Synonyms for "exception"

    elision exception exclusion irregularity anomaly peculiarity exemption nonconformity objection offence omission deviation leaving out

    "exception" definitions

    a deliberate act of omission


    an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization


    grounds for adverse criticism