How to Use besides in a Sentence

besides

1 of 2 preposition

• The dinner fork sits besides it, next to the dinner plate.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2019-11-06
• Of course, there’s lots of other stuff going besides the neck.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 2019-09-02
• Now, they're just stuck at home, and haven't been in a room with anyone else besides each other.
  — jsonline.com, 2020-03-25
• There’s got to be a better way besides picking up a gun and killing somebody.
  — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 2018-07-13
• The two stars do have a lot in common at the moment, besides their chart status.
  — Claire Dodson, Teen Vogue, 2018-11-16
• But besides new clothes and awesome beauty products, there can be fun parts to it.
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 2019-08-14
• Huang hasn’t dined out yet or traveled anywhere in Wuhan besides the lake.
  — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 2020-05-04
• And, besides, the Pixel 4 isn’t trying to sell you on its looks.
  — Michael Simon, PCWorld, 2019-10-15
• Since the Echo Dot might be besides your bed on a nightstand, an alarm clock makes sense here.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 2019-09-25
• There are a lot of other things that go into the game, besides catching and throwing.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 2019-07-02
• Four years later, few besides Norcross have heaped such praise on Holtec.
  — Susan Schmidt, ProPublica, 2019-07-02
• Overall, the evening cocktail party was great besides the one-rose cloud hanging over my head.
  — Becca Kufrin, PEOPLE.com, 2018-07-09
• Lift tickets start at $27, and there’s plenty to do here besides skiing.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 2018-07-05
• No one noticed the guy living in the RV with very little else besides bombs.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 2019-07-20
• Surely someone has to be in favor of this move besides the president, right?
  — Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 2018-07-01
• The high mountains cradle more ice and snow in their peaks than exists anywhere else on the planet besides the poles.
  — National Geographic, 2019-12-09
• Lots of fishing is going on besides salmon all summer across Alaska.
  — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 2018-07-09
• Two runners made it past the 48-hour mark besides Guterl and Hayward.
  — John Meyer, The Know, 2019-10-26
• 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, 2018-07-06
• 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, 2020-02-29
• What will Mom be missing on Mother’s Day, besides being with you?
  — oregonlive, 2020-04-30
• 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, 2018-08-31
• 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, 2019-12-13
• The Sharks don’t have a forward akin to Clifford besides Barclay Goodrow.
  — Ross McKeon, SFChronicle.com, 2020-02-07
• Uterine sarcoma, which is less common and affects parts of the uterus besides the lining like the muscles, tends to be harder to treat.
  — Erika Stallings, SELF, 2019-11-06
• 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, 2019-12-04
• Store manager Nimesh Patel told the Glenview Announcements no one besides the clerk was in the store.
  — Anna Kim, chicagotribune.com, 2019-12-12
• 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, 2020-01-10
• 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, 2018-06-26
• The police in Fairfax, Va., declined to provide details about the sisters, besides that they were last seen in August.
  — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, WSJ, 2018-11-02

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, what purpose does a dog serve on an ice fishing trip?
  — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2020
• There are subtler blanks besides.
  — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
• And besides, this man was now in his early thirties.
  — Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
• And besides, our lives of nonstop pain and sorrow ain’t so bad!
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• Any of these stories and many more besides could be this patient’s.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• And besides, all your go-to products will still be within arms reach.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2022
• And besides, the sale money went to a good cause, the boys’ ranches.
  — Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
• And besides, the knee on the neck had nothing to do with Floyd’s death.
  — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
• 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, none of it is real anyway.
  — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 20 Sep. 2025
• With Sanogo out, this offense doesn’t have a lot of rhythm besides on the fast break.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 19 Dec. 2021
• And besides, the Wave Field is not yet conquered by any means.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
• And besides, damage has already been done.
  — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
• And besides, Milan would have to do the running.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• 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, all of the album’s aims converge under one roof.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
• 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, 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, the children were likely to get killed in a school shooting, anyway.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• And, besides, Austin Hedges probably can’t go three days in a row.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• And besides, David was her brother, in all the important ways.
  — Libby Copeland, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2020
• And besides, sprays aren’t good for the environment.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
• But she's got her book tour outfits and hospital bag all packed and besides, busy is how the working mom likes it.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
• 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, at home, there would be no screaming crowd to film when the phone was no longer necessary for streaming.
  — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
• And besides, fully stocking a home bar is a hassle (and huge expense) in itself.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
• And besides, the only thing that seemed more dangerous than staying on the bus right then was getting off it.
  — Bushra Seddique, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2022
• But not all of them have, and, besides, if the case carries on for too much longer, there will be no insurance money left.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 18 Mar. 2021