alas
Example Sentences
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The answer, alas, is not much—at least not much that is likely to have an effect on the Iranian leaders’ behavior.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
On audio, narrating her memoir “Famesick,” her voice is, alas, all grating, all the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
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
An admirable outcome, were this world one Fastness of the Handdara, but alas we must walk forward troubling the new snow, proving and disproving, asking and answering.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing alas
"Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 1
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4-letter words, List 1
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