take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Used in a Sentence
except
How to use except in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for except.
Editorial note
Has even one person commenting on this thread installed it except me?
Examples7
Definitions2
Parts of speech1
Quick take
take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of except gathered in one view.
prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for except.
verb
take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
See also: demur
verb
prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
Example sentences
Has even one person commenting on this thread installed it except me?
It may be really hard to do, but Google should just come out and say it: there is no upside for this to anyone except Google.
This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names.
That's very similar to many other distros except you don't need to run the command.
This is one of the best things that has happened to science in many years, except that publishers deliberately prevent it.
The author is informed that any attire is acceptable except for baggy jeans.
People love to talk about tolerance except when tolerance means they have to deal with people who were raised with fundamentally different views, or people who may even have the same views they did a decade ago but failed to "evolve.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use except in a sentence?
Has even one person commenting on this thread installed it except me?
What does except mean?
take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
What part of speech is except?
except is commonly used as verb.