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used to express sorrow or distress
Juliet's pitiful lament, "alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!"
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Recent Examples of alas
Eternity, alas, will only fly as high as Murray can lift it.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
There is, alas, a snake in their Eden.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
But now, alas, there is a new golden escalator crowding out that mythology.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
But alas, developers Game Freak have opted to improve the aesthetics just enough to skirt online bellyaching rather than making any attempt to wow fans.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
There is, alas, a snake in their Eden.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
But now, alas, there is a new golden escalator crowding out that mythology.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
But alas, developers Game Freak have opted to improve the aesthetics just enough to skirt online bellyaching rather than making any attempt to wow fans.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alas
aw
Interjection
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In the north of the British Isles, people sometimes combined ye, a second person plural pronoun for you, along with aw, meaning all.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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And then … aw, just cue up the video player for the epic Francisco Lindor homer that won this thing!—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Alas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alas. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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