Alas the day I know not, there is no womans gowne bigge enough for him: otherwise he might put on a hat, a muffler, and a kerchiefe, and so escape Fal.
Alas I had rather be set quick i'th earth, And bowl'd to death with Turnips Mist.
Alas that all we loved of him should be, But for our grief, as if it had not been, And grief itself be mortal!
Alas that all we loved of him should be, But for our grief, as if it had not been.
But alas for Athens, when every man boasts of his own freedom, and no man respects the freedom of his neighbour.
With a faint smile, Anaxagoras replied, "Alas for unhappy Athens!
Alas for the fresh troubles mingled with the ancient horrors of this family!
And alas there was little hope that he would ever presume to?
And coming into Campagne; alas this wicked Love-ague continues with him; and runs so through his blood, that both the open air, and wide fields are too narrow for him.
Alas all things is thus out of order, by reason the good woman did not think to come so soon in Childbed.
You have the young couple going (alas that the river for this purpose has, so to speak, been moved farther up its own course!
He had preserved through all vicissitudes a small Confederate flag, made for him by his little daughter "Annie," now alas torn and shattered.
Alas for Johnny's eager hopes, andalas for Pat's Sunday best!
The old trot sits groaning with alas and alas,[188] And Tib wrings her hands and takes on in worse case.
Alas the while, 'tis past my help; where 'tis, still it must lie.
Alas for the pride of her beauty, the pomp and power of her dominion!
Alas for the brave spirit passed away, the loyal heart, cold and still, kind and true!
And king Arthur took his horse, and said, Alas this unhappy day, and so rode to his party: and Sir Mordred in like wise.
Alas for those Dutch bottles, and for our folly, improvident wretches as we are, in setting them about for our own pleasure, instead of shutting them up in a cabinet!
Alas for the dear old Tour, it was destined to be laid low, after all, in spite of our eager warning!
It has, alas long since been swept away to make room for modern mansions.
But now that I have looked upon your inexhaustibility--alas for me had I not reached your abode, I should have been for ever a laughing-stock to those of comprehensive enlightenment!
Three years have slipped away from me Since first I shared your poverty; And now again, alas the day!
Alas that hearts which beat as one Should thus be parted and undone!
Alas for her foolish worship of the gentleman lodger!
Alas for Diana, the battered book was only an excuse for solitude, and for a morbid indulgence in her own sad thoughts!
I thought I myself possessed an extensive knowledge of the languages, but, alas I was nothing; as a linguist she was without a rival.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "alas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
