But something else in her, the persistent vanity, perhaps, of a once very beautiful woman, told her that her attraction was not dead, and that if she obeyed her imp she would simply be throwing away the chance of a great joy.
But something in her, something imperious, shrank at the thought.
But something whispered to her, "It would be stagnation--death in life.
But something persists--remember that--a single point, an aching nerve of truth.
It was not in Thursdale to expand with the pressure of fate; but something in him cracked with it, and the rift let in new light.
But something in the way of guidance always has come to me at such times; and it came now.
It had grown cold, and I reached for the quilt; but something prompted me to reach up and see whether Ace was still there.
He tried to pull it out from the front of the dress, but something held it and prevented its coming.
It was not so much the money I wanted, but something else.
To begin with, he is still a child and not exactly a coward, but something by way of an artist.
The attribute whiteness (it may be said) is not the fact of receiving the sensation, but something in the object itself; a power inherent in it; something in virtue of which the object produces the sensation.
That is a fine young horse of yours, but something raw in the mouth, eh?
In my mind there was a desire to rise from where I sat and go away, I could not tell where or why; but something in me said stay, and my limbs were as heavy as lead.
Nor could I speak; there was much I wished to say, but something stopped my voice.
I knew not what I looked for--but something I looked for that should change the world.
But something in the glance she gave him forbade his going on.
There was a great crowd, but something in her face made the crowd draw back and let her through.
She made no excuse, but something a little defiant began to grow in her eyes.
Scandal he would not have, but something must be done to stop this sort of thing!
He turned to look at her, but something in her smiling face--something which only he perhaps would have caught--stopped the words bubbling up in him.
His love developed into a passion, not one of your eruptive, scalding affairs, but something as placid as an English landscape, with white heat far, far below the surface.
He tried to be matter-of-fact, but something unusual in his tone apparently started her.
Her voice was quite as usual, but something in her face suggested to him that this going away from her childhood's home might be a different thing to her from what he had conceived it to be.
She had always supposed that the man who won her would have done something to win her; she did not know what, but something.
He hated putting into the bald phrase his consecration to his ideals for the young men of his State; he hated putting it into words at all; but something in his voice told her that the argument was finished.
I wanted to tell you about Frank that night, on the shore of the pond, when you told me of Abigail, and twice I made up my mind to do so, but somethingrose up to prevent it, and after that it was very hard to do so.
I do not know why I am writing this to you, but something impels me to do it, and tell you that I am well.
The writer doesn't specifically say that they came down again, but something seems to tell me they did.
I'm not exactly a blank, but something of a confusion.
I also learnt from my husband that he was the elder brother and originally his uncle's heir, but something happened to cause Mr. Carew to change his mind.
She tried to meet his eyes, but something a little too ardent in them abashed her, and she looked out into the darkness, nervously twisting and untwisting the thread of her work.
I believe when he was in the Blues an old uncle gave him a big allowance, but something happened, and he threw the money in the old chap's face, and the old chap chucked him out.
The negro looked at me hard, but something in my countenance must have conveyed a warning to him.
A question shaped itself on my lips, but something in Harry's manner forbade it.
But something was there, by the porcelain basin--something which might have sent me scurrying upstairs two steps at a time, but which as a matter of fact held me to the spot.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but something" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
