Words similar to alas

Example sentences for: alas

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

Gould, alas, paid me no mind.
(So, alas, are the days when you would regularly run into Dawn's novels at thrift sales and in the dustiest corners of secondhand book stores, priced at less than a dollar a volume--which is how I build up most of my collection.)
I can't expect a telegram from Bill Gates saying "Alas, Babylon."
The work itself, alas!
Alas, Windward Island English is far more vulnerable to standardization.