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Example sentences for: alas

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Into the latter category, alas, I must also put at least one of your current employers (which each seem to be piece of a big, honking conglomerate, as is mine).
We found the number of people who knew—or know—about VERBATIM to be astonishing: in Europe, among ordinary people interested in language, among linguists, among scholars in general, most knew of it; alas, they didn't subscribe.
This is actually an important issue, but alas, has no sex, drugs, or rock 'n' roll angle to it, so the media has covered it minimally.
Alas, golden ages do end.
Alas, such close encounters have not generally been friendly.