alas
Example Sentences
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In Los Angeles, alas, we were, last spring, a city of cinders.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
All of which leaves me sounding, alas, like a broken record.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
But alas, Minute Maid is saying goodbye to all that, and thanks for the memories.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026
By now you’ve probably learned that the Patriots are, alas, very good again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
“Anger. Very nice. Useless to me, alas, but as it is so often a precursor to sorrow, I confess that I do like it.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.