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Example sentences for: alas

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"Alas!
I quote Milton's Alas, what boots it with uncessant care....
Madeira, alas, is no simple portrait of a Gauguin-like tropical paradise.
Alas, this is my second attempt to respond to your last message.
Alas, there is a semi-underground market--collectively called "the bone trade"--that trafficks in body parts imbued with historic significance or celebrity cachet.