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Example sentences for: alas

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The subject, alas, calls for jokes to be explained, surely the most painful experience that could be dreamt up by the mind of woman (just to give them equal time): Torquemada do your worst!
Alas, some people bleed to death.
Alas, there is a semi-underground market--collectively called "the bone trade"--that trafficks in body parts imbued with historic significance or celebrity cachet.
Alas, one rarely hears the echt Litvisch accent these days.
Alas, it appears it is not to be.