How to Use alas in a Sentence

alas

interjection

• Juliet's pitiful lament, “alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!”.
• Cortes threw another fastball, but, alas, lower this time.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
• The same can’t be said about the Hall of Nations, alas.
  — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
• But much of the time, alas, our best duck call is a jerk cord.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 26 Nov. 2020
• But alas, the heavy-hitting Hogs will get the job done.
  — Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
• The dream, alas, was never more than just that—a dream.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• But alas, our time here in West St. Paul has come to an end.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 24 July 2024
• But alas, there's not a whole lot of fireworks this week.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Wish my kid had the same choice, but alas, most of us are mere mortals.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2020
• But alas, the tabloid media found a way to ruin things.
  — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 13 Aug. 2020
• And yet, alas, what the movie proves is that androids are meant to be servants.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
• The only losers in that scenario will, alas, be my cats.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
• West mixes some wit in with the gore here, even if the payoff, alas, doesn’t rise to the level of the buildup.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 4 July 2024
• The bottom line: There's no such thing as a face lift in a bottle, alas.
  — Rebecca Snow, Health.com, 23 June 2017
• But alas, the Blazers ran out of gas in the fourth quarter and faded late.
  — oregonlive, 6 Dec. 2021
• The net-zero gimmick will be with us for a long while yet, alas.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
• The High King isn’t feeling it, alas, but that’s only part of the problem.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 13 Oct. 2022
• In the end, alas, this noisy spectacle is more bark than bite.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• But alas, Gaga came up short in the end with Oscar voters.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 8 Feb. 2022
• Brazil, alas, did not: A heavy favorite, it was stunned by host France in the final.
  — Andrew Das, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• There was a lot of consensus on this one — but alas, that wasn’t a good thing.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
• But alas, the game also plays like something from days past.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• Their absence, alas, allows a bit of blush to remain on the old rose.
  — WSJ, 16 Sep. 2021
• But alas, the phone log shows no phone calls from him in those critical hours.
  — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022
• Will look forward greatly to seeing you all, and to a calm month of (alas!
  — Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• Wrong place, wrong time; alas, no one told Weinstein that the rules had changed.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
• For the record, AL.com obtained on a sample of Puppy’s Breath cologne spray and -- alas for pet lovers!
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 26 Aug. 2021
• Alas, all that got him was a tie for fifth, but his name in the record book is quite the consolation.
  — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 21 June 2017
• But the Empress has never had the confidence to play hard to get, alas.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• But, alas, a Manning broadcast of the Ole Miss-Tennessee game wasn’t in the cards.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024