How to Use exception in a Sentence

exception

noun

• There will be no exceptions to this rule.
• I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability.
• While forced fun/table games is my pet peeve, something about Christmas makes this time of year an exception.
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
• At the time, Linz pointed to one conspicuous exception: the United States.
  — Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
• Prince is the second of the three exceptions to sign with the Chiefs.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 2 Sep. 2023
• But check our list here to see if your corner of the world is one of the exceptions.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 31 Oct. 2024
• The monthlong takeover of the Stay Cool Bar is no exception.
  — Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2023
• The only exception to the law is if the mother's life is at risk.
  — Sarah Maddox, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023
• The exception is the free throw, stuck more or less where it’s always been.
  — Robert O’Connell, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
• The only exception in the law is to save a mother's life.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
• Zink calls are some of the best out there, and their turkey calls are no exception.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2023
• But for now, these layoffs appear to be the exception, not the norm.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
• One of the exceptions to the rule was a nurse and pro-life activist, Jeanne Head, who would bring him roses.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
• The exception is Fox, which added 0.3 points to its share to climb to 6.4 percent of TV usage.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
• The Schröder trade exception is $5.8 million, so that wouldn’t work for Poeltl.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• Just understand that this is the exception, not the norm.
  — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2023
• It’s gone up pretty much the whole time with very few exceptions.
  — Andy Mills, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
• The exception is one win from his third Super Bowl ring.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
• The Big Bend exception may be the next one to be eliminated.
  — Michel Bruneau, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2023
• Things in the past were tough for artists, perhaps even tougher than now in many ways, and those who ascended to the top were the exception.
  — Howard Murphy, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2023
• The polls on the East Coast will close first, and results there should come most quickly, although there are exceptions to the rule.
  — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
• That’s the look that followed her through to the latest show in Boston (with exception to a straight thigh-length wig in New York).
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 May 2024
• Keep in mind that most down pillows are quite fluffy, and the Boll & Branch pillow is no exception.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2023
• The ban prohibits all abortions, with the only exception being to save the life of the mother.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
• The only exception is The Parlor, a diner; in its place is a farmhouse-chic café called The Leaf.
  — David Litt, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
• But as with any trend, there were plenty of exceptions.
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
• The one exception, no surprise, is the practice of law because laws are not the same in every state.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
• All of his organs had been removed, with the exception of his heart, and his brain was replaced with resin.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
• One exception: a Taiwanese nonna who comes in once a year during her trip to the U.S.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 Feb. 2023
• One way to leverage the power of logging with python is to track errors and exceptions in a code.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024