having no alternative

Example Sentences

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Opening with a brilliantly alienated first line – “The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new” – Murphy puzzled a lot of reviewers, was praised by Dylan Thomas, and sold badly.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2019

Beckett tried out "The sun shone, as only the sun can, on nothing new", working through various alternatives before ending up with: "The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2013

Still, having no alternative, I went ahead and sat beside Jerome.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Henry and I, having no alternative, were obliged to walk from the station to the pontoon bridge, made, Henry said, in one night.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

Of course he does it, having no alternative; and enters Malaga a prisoner, all his followers prisoners.

From Life of John Sterling by Carlyle, Thomas