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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
And Tolstoy’s beard, alas, is still in the soup.
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Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Wendy, alas, is Alien’s very own Mary Sue.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The coach who turned 100 last month perhaps is best known for guiding Buffalo to four straight Super Bowls and, alas, losing all four.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
But alas, the March 2005 issue had me on the inside of a pullout cover to fulfill their legal obligation.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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Eric Olson
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Wendy, alas, is Alien’s very own Mary Sue.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The coach who turned 100 last month perhaps is best known for guiding Buffalo to four straight Super Bowls and, alas, losing all four.
—Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
But alas, the March 2005 issue had me on the inside of a pullout cover to fulfill their legal obligation.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for alas
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 8 Oct. 2025.
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