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Example sentences for "none but"

  • Up, and to the office; and there all the morning; none but my Lord Anglesy and myself.

  • The jarl exclaimed that the ship which had weathered such a gale could be none but Ellida, and that its captain was doubtless Frithiof, Thorsten's gallant son.

  • Dolfos only is the traitor; None but he the king did slay.

  • As the queen had been publicly accused, he compelled her to prove her innocence by undergoing the ordeal of fire, or by taking a public oath that she had shown favor to none but him.

  • None but such as you describe should presume to set foot within the sacred precincts of the profession.

  • That is what death cannot do for thee, said the shadow; none but he that created thee can cause that thou shouldst be no more.

  • We will leave Sylvia's ravings to be expressed by none but herself, and tell you that after about fourteen days' absence, Octavio received this letter from Philander.

  • No one knows now,--none but you, none but you.

  • He saw no one but her, spoke to none but her.

  • None but my hounds, and the flying squirrel I had caught and tamed.

  • The resolution I took upon this occasion will astonish none but those by whom the first part of these memoirs has not been read with attention.

  • None but mine; my young heart told me this, and I was penetrated with gratitude and respect for the generous priest; I was sensible of my superiority, but scorned to repay his hospitality by taking advantage of it.

  • Now there is no church visible but that which is particular; the universal being utterly invisible, and known to none but God.

  • And this is an excellent thing to do, and can be done by none but such as are possessed with an excellent spirit.

  • None but a slave State revolted; none but a slave State can be admitted into the rebel confederacy; and slavery is extended by their constitution over all existing or after-acquired territory.

  • None but a White of Selborne, with his delicately-defining pen, could describe them.

  • None but members of the nation may be citizens of the State.

  • None but those of German blood, whatever their creed, may be members of the nation.

  • To none but what I partake in doubly," answered the stranger, with a voice of assurance which it was impossible to mistrust.

  • To none but to his daughter, the old knight, and Rashleigh, who had got at that secret as he did at every one else, and held it like a twisted cord about poor Die's neck.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "none but" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    also will; better have; both species; but simply; called again; common government; given point; inspired book; live alone; none beside; none but; none effect; none else; none former; none knew; none like; none local long form; none local short form; none other name under heaven given; none the; none will; passed down; practical work; said young; second child; sweet peas