Alas
interjection
Used to express sadness, pity, or concern.
Alas, she was never to see her children again.
Often appears as...
- alas
- i must go.
interjection
Used to express regret or disappointment.
Alas, my plan did not work out as expected.
Often appears as...
- alas
- i was mistaken.
interjection
Used as a poetic or dramatic form of 'unfortunately' or 'sadly'.
Alas, the hero fell in battle.
Often appears as...
- alas
- the day is lost.
Usage tips
Literary,Poetic
interjection
Used to express sadness, pity, or concern.
Alas, she was never to see her children again.
Often appears as...
- alas
- i must go.
interjection
Used to express regret or disappointment.
Alas, my plan did not work out as expected.
Often appears as...
- alas
- i was mistaken.
interjection
Used as a poetic or dramatic form of 'unfortunately' or 'sadly'.
Alas, the hero fell in battle.
Often appears as...
- alas
- the day is lost.
Usage tips
Literary,Poetic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Sadness
Use 'alas' to show heartfelt sorrow in response to an event or outcome.
Alas, the old tree in the garden has withered away.
Pro Tip 2/3Soften Bad News
'Alas' is often used to introduce disappointing news more gently.
Alas, the concert has been canceled due to rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Concern for Others
It's appropriate to use 'alas' when expressing concern for someone's misfortune.
Alas, he's been ill and couldn’t attend the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Sadness
Use 'alas' to show heartfelt sorrow in response to an event or outcome.
Alas, the old tree in the garden has withered away.
Pro Tip 2/3Soften Bad News
'Alas' is often used to introduce disappointing news more gently.
Alas, the concert has been canceled due to rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Concern for Others
It's appropriate to use 'alas' when expressing concern for someone's misfortune.
Alas, he's been ill and couldn’t attend the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Expressing Sadness
Use 'alas' to show heartfelt sorrow in response to an event or outcome.
Alas, the old tree in the garden has withered away.
Pro Tip 2/3Soften Bad News
'Alas' is often used to introduce disappointing news more gently.
Alas, the concert has been canceled due to rain.
Pro Tip 3/3Concern for Others
It's appropriate to use 'alas' when expressing concern for someone's misfortune.
Alas, he's been ill and couldn’t attend the meeting.
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Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
windy like this they prefer to be in the thickets and have a bit of space and so I'm not too convinced that we would actually get a decent sighting out of them hello tink are you going to wake up for us boy and come on no it was close there I thought we might even just get a little head raise out of him but alas he
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Chimps have feelings and...
Indeed, a great deal of civil rights struggle over the last centuries has been to punch a hole through that wall and begin to feed these human things through the wall and have them become legal persons. But alas, that hole has closed up. Now, on the other side are legal persons,
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Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
us and I keep wishing as I see it drifting into this caucus and I see it here but alas no luck so far hopefully though I'll get spoilt in 1 days yet for those of you that don't know what we're talking about the Egyptian vulture is a very very rare vulture species in fact
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Lance Romance PIPE Wicked...
yeah alas there you have to be a certain person do this oh yeah I know I'm getting to the breaking point and I'm sure I'll get screwed on my tuna money but it is what it is I'll take not getting paid just to get away from this catastrophe that he calls the wicked pissah
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What hallucination...
And they said, "Alas, Grandpapa, there are no handsome young men." And then the handsome young men disappeared. It's typical of these hallucinations that they may come in a flash and disappear in a flash. They don't usually fade in and out.
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Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
that it has escaped from this potential threat, and your body is now a safe place for you to be. Alas, we live in a world where the behaviors that deal with our stressors are no longer the behaviors that deal with the stress in our bodies.
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The Demise of Guys PIPE...
styles the health community has to realize that video addiction and porn addiction are reality and they have to have to develop better prevention techniques and treatment techniques next alas our government has this has to now
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Ravenous Raven PIPE...
Raven off before it gets a bellyful still hungry and frustrated the raven decides to bug the Griffon vulture but alas there's no honor among thieves the Raven doesn't give up you have to admire its persistence even as you
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Understanding the rise...
and that is a sort of loss of a sense of the future. I mean, Europe once, of course, once commanded the future in its confidence. Take the 19th century, for example. But this, alas, is no longer true.
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To Remember or Not to...
hearing the word fruit I'm afraid you're hearing things what alas the word fruit was never uttered upon our stage but it isn't your ears that are to blame it is your brain
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Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
windy like this they prefer to be in the thickets and have a bit of space and so I'm not too convinced that we would actually get a decent sighting out of them hello tink are you going to wake up for us boy and come on no it was close there I thought we might even just get a little head raise out of him but alas he
Video examples
Chimps have feelings and...
Indeed, a great deal of civil rights struggle over the last centuries has been to punch a hole through that wall and begin to feed these human things through the wall and have them become legal persons. But alas, that hole has closed up. Now, on the other side are legal persons,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...
us and I keep wishing as I see it drifting into this caucus and I see it here but alas no luck so far hopefully though I'll get spoilt in 1 days yet for those of you that don't know what we're talking about the Egyptian vulture is a very very rare vulture species in fact
Video examples
Lance Romance PIPE Wicked...
yeah alas there you have to be a certain person do this oh yeah I know I'm getting to the breaking point and I'm sure I'll get screwed on my tuna money but it is what it is I'll take not getting paid just to get away from this catastrophe that he calls the wicked pissah
Video examples
What hallucination...
And they said, "Alas, Grandpapa, there are no handsome young men." And then the handsome young men disappeared. It's typical of these hallucinations that they may come in a flash and disappear in a flash. They don't usually fade in and out.
Video examples
Emily Nagoski and Amelia...
that it has escaped from this potential threat, and your body is now a safe place for you to be. Alas, we live in a world where the behaviors that deal with our stressors are no longer the behaviors that deal with the stress in our bodies.
Video examples
The Demise of Guys PIPE...
styles the health community has to realize that video addiction and porn addiction are reality and they have to have to develop better prevention techniques and treatment techniques next alas our government has this has to now
Video examples
Ravenous Raven PIPE...
Raven off before it gets a bellyful still hungry and frustrated the raven decides to bug the Griffon vulture but alas there's no honor among thieves the Raven doesn't give up you have to admire its persistence even as you
Video examples
Understanding the rise...
and that is a sort of loss of a sense of the future. I mean, Europe once, of course, once commanded the future in its confidence. Take the 19th century, for example. But this, alas, is no longer true.
Video examples
To Remember or Not to...
hearing the word fruit I'm afraid you're hearing things what alas the word fruit was never uttered upon our stage but it isn't your ears that are to blame it is your brain
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Quote examples
Jim Nantz
American Entertainer
You know, my father used to look at people and he treated everyone with such respect, and he always believed that he would rather trust you face on and be disappointed perhaps down the road, be disappointed some of the time rather than never to trust someone, never to believe in someone, and alas, be disappointed all the time.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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Louis Sullivan
American Architect
Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian Explorer
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.
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Sarah MacLean
American Author
Alas, summer sun can't last forever. The days will grow cooler and shorter, and our skin will once again pale.
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Poet
Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
Quote examples
Jim Nantz
American Entertainer
You know, my father used to look at people and he treated everyone with such respect, and he always believed that he would rather trust you face on and be disappointed perhaps down the road, be disappointed some of the time rather than never to trust someone, never to believe in someone, and alas, be disappointed all the time.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age.
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Erica Jong
American Novelist
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
Quote examples
Louis Sullivan
American Architect
Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it has ever turned its back on Man.
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Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian Explorer
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.
Quote examples
Sarah MacLean
American Author
Alas, summer sun can't last forever. The days will grow cooler and shorter, and our skin will once again pale.
Quote examples
Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Painter
Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.
Quote examples
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English Poet
Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
Example 1 of 10
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