Sentence examples for As alas from inspiring English sources

Some may genuinely admire Mr Putin's resurrection of a "strong" Russia (as, alas, did the elderly Solzhenitsyn himself).

It doesn't hurt if the salacious behavior steers clear of under-age children, pregnant spouses (as, alas, was apparently not the case with Mr. Weiner), and major felonies.

As for Vladimir Putin, he was a waverer: the president was "not fundamentally opposed to Orthodox Eurasianism [just] as, alas, he has no objection to liberal Atlanticism.

These are from Saturday, as, alas, I've yet to see the goals from Easter Monday (so apologies for any absent crackers) but two teams produced four superb goals at the weekend.

When I told Gilbert he was so angry that I don't think he ever quite forgave me; he would not accept my health as an excuse, he was unreasonable, as, alas, he often was!

At a time when the basic justice of equality was still elusive (as, alas, it still is today, just in different ways), he was clearly advocating for faith and patience.

The noble lord is, alas, as good as his word.

"I am alas as sober as a judge.

It is not, alas, as easy as it looks.

I will not recap the game — because it is now two days past, because others have done so elsewhere, and because, alas, as accommodating as Hooters was, I had to leave halfway through, to return to the work that had brought me to Dallas.

But, alas, as soon as I quit resisting, things started to fall into place in a beautiful way!