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Example sentences for: alas

How can you use “alas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

(It is, alas, poor manners to ever tell anyone to **** off.)
Today, alas, what comes to mind is a couple of bad baritones from the Red Army Chorus, drunk on antifreeze, trying to convince some Iraqi guy that their music stands are made of plutonium and worth a few bucks.
They built a grand house with a budget that mushroomed beyond their means, and when it was finally finished, alas, there was no money to furnish it.
Alas, no: it was a street in Delft.
It can be, alas, a business of an entirely good sort or needful sort, justifying itself in the marketplace.