He knew how to respond in self-defense, but he carried no weapons except his hands.
Her arms, too, were gold - except her hands.
Except his hands were already in the air, and he was smiling at me.
Everyone looked white as a fish belly, except their hands and faces, which were brown.
Mackenzie knew she should step away, although nothing except her hands moved.
Without tools, except his hands, with scarcely any knowledge of chemistry, he must force it to change its habits.
She seemed to be cloaked in midnight: nothing of her was visible except her hands and face.
And nothing to fight with except our bare hands and one dagger!
She was wondering what she could offer him except her empty hands when the phone shrilled.
All except his hands, which clutched at Thierry's arm like a baby with a bottle.