cannot help but
Verb
Meaning
cannot help but (third-person singular simple present cannot help but, no present participle, simple past could not help but, no past participle)
Alternative form of cannot but
Examples
Anything of any importance cannot help but be unrecognizable, since it bears no resemblance to anything already known.
Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.
The word well spoken, the deed fitly done, even by the feeblest or humblest, cannot help but have their effect. More or less, the effect is inevitable and eternal.
Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend her right to abortion.
We cannot help but see the person in one way or other and place our constructions or interpretations on "his" behaviour, as soon as we are in a relationship with him.
He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas!