How to Use besides in a Sentence

besides

1 of 2 preposition

• Besides its famous cakes, the bakery also makes delicious breads and cookies.
• These salads are delicious besides being healthy.
• She wants to learn other languages besides English and French.
• I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides which, I enjoy living alone.
• The dinner fork sits besides it, next to the dinner plate.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 6 Nov. 2019
• And, besides, the Pixel 4 isn’t trying to sell you on its looks.
  — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 15 Oct. 2019
• Since the Echo Dot might be besides your bed on a nightstand, an alarm clock makes sense here.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2019
• Two runners made it past the 48-hour mark besides Guterl and Hayward.
  — John Meyer, The Know, 26 Oct. 2019
• The two stars do have a lot in common at the moment, besides their chart status.
  — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 16 Nov. 2018
• No one noticed the guy living in the RV with very little else besides bombs.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 20 July 2019
• Now, they're just stuck at home, and haven't been in a room with anyone else besides each other.
  — jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2020
• The Sharks don’t have a forward akin to Clifford besides Barclay Goodrow.
  — Ross McKeon, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
• There’s got to be a better way besides picking up a gun and killing somebody.
  — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
• Of course, there’s lots of other stuff going besides the neck.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2019
• There are a lot of other things that go into the game, besides catching and throwing.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2019
• Huang hasn’t dined out yet or traveled anywhere in Wuhan besides the lake.
  — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 4 May 2020
• But besides new clothes and awesome beauty products, there can be fun parts to it.
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 14 Aug. 2019
• While some of the objects were mass-produced and -marketed, most are one-offs, and, besides, commercial success wasn’t the point.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 Feb. 2020
• Lift tickets start at $27, and there’s plenty to do here besides skiing.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 5 July 2018
• Four years later, few besides Norcross have heaped such praise on Holtec.
  — Susan Schmidt, ProPublica, 2 July 2019
• The high mountains cradle more ice and snow in their peaks than exists anywhere else on the planet besides the poles.
  — National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2019
• Spirit has long been thought to be the one big company besides Boeing that could suffer the most from the 737 Max's troubles.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
• Nearly $3 billion is already above and beyond, and besides, the U.S. is in an election year.
  — Morgan Enos, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2020
• But there are other options besides remaining in the labor force, and this is a good time to explore them.
  — Peter Finch, New York Times, 6 July 2018
• What will Mom be missing on Mother’s Day, besides being with you?
  — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2020
• Overall, the evening cocktail party was great besides the one-rose cloud hanging over my head.
  — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2018
• While it hasn't been announced who all these people will play (besides Miles and Flora), Flanagan has named them all as leads.
  — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 4 Dec. 2019
• The goal is to rid the nation, which has no native land mammals besides bats, of feral cats, rats, possums, stoats and other predators by the year 2050.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
• The only indication this is anything besides the place where Icel ages and ships his wine are two long tables and a leather couch.
  — Noah Kaufman, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2019
• The decision to care for a living being — besides yourself, that is — is not one to be taken lightly.
  — The Editors Of House Beautiful, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2018

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besides

2 of 2 adverb

• They serve pasta and many other foods besides.
• I'm not ready to get married yet. Besides, I enjoy living alone.
• And besides, take a good look at the cover of the book.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 14 May 2021
• And besides, the knee on the neck had nothing to do with Floyd’s death.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• And besides, this may be a very short-term callup for Huff.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
• No charges were filed, and, besides, these guys can play.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 4 May 2021
• And besides, the Wave Field is not yet conquered by any means.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
• With Sanogo out, this offense doesn’t have a lot of rhythm besides on the fast break.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• The Neon remains a cutie and a lusty performer besides.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
• And besides: Obama had declared the war in Afghanistan over in 2014.
  — Longreads, 1 Mar. 2018
• But that's the cost of business, and besides, the Lakers and James didn't make the playoffs in 2019, and the league didn't crumble.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
• Besides, lot of us wouldn't know how to live anywhere else.
  — Amanda Walker, AL.com, 22 Aug. 2017
• But in the short run the canal is likely to remain a conduit for crude, and much else besides.
  — The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021
• And besides, there was no place for them down here anymore.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2021
• And besides, many of the speakers had Q merchandise and books to sell.
  — Donie O'Sullivan By Gabe Ramirez, CNN, 19 Oct. 2020
• And besides, for a lot of vintage snobs, the hunt for the old and impossible-to-find thing is half the fun.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Feb. 2022
• And besides, our lives of nonstop pain and sorrow ain’t so bad!
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• And besides, there's a lot to work on in the upcoming session and not much money to work with.
  — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• And besides, how can anyone resist a hero who runs through a war zone in flip-flops?
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
• And, besides, Austin Hedges probably can’t go three days in a row.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• And besides, all your go-to products will still be within arms reach.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
• And besides, what purpose does a dog serve on an ice fishing trip?
  — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2020
• And besides, David was her brother, in all the important ways.
  — Libby Copeland, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• And besides, Trump still posed an ongoing threat to the country.
  — Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
• And besides, the children were likely to get killed in a school shooting, anyway.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• And besides, in the early 1970s, only weirdos ate yogurt.
  — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
• And besides, who doesn't need a little reminder every once in a while about taking a sip of H2O?
  — Sam Dangremond and Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2022
• And besides, there’s plenty about J.J. Watt for the rest of us to dissect, such as his two seasons with the Cardinals.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• Wages, meanwhile, rose just 4.7% last year — and inflation took a huge bite out of those gains besides.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 8 Jan. 2022
• And, besides, who is going to change their minds about Donald Trump now, anyway?
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2020

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