apart from

Idioms and Phrases

Also, aside from . Besides, except for. For example, Apart from jogging occasionally in the park, she gets no exercise , or Aside from Sunday dinner with his parents they have not gone out for months . The first term dates from the early 1600s, the variant from the early 1800s.

Example Sentences

Apart from the solution — that there’ll be one is a given — there’s an extra happy ending, an extra-happy extra happy ending, you will have been prepared to hope for.

From Los Angeles Times

The length of my sleep has not changed but it feels like the quality has improved, apart from the odd night when my daughter just refuses to go to sleep.

From BBC

Quasem told the BBC he spent all his detention at the RAB base, apart from the first 16 days.

From BBC

Each time I asked someone a question, I noticed them glance at the minder over my shoulder before answering that everything was "fine", apart from a few comments about high prices.

From BBC

With Huck and other white people, James uses a “slave filter” vernacular; apart from them, he can be his articulate self.

From Los Angeles Times

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