Sentence examples for I was alas from inspiring English sources

I was, alas, the exception.

And I was, alas, right.

I know he likes softly scrambled eggs, because that was what was served at the buffet when I was (alas, only once) invited to the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills to see a movie with about a hundred other people.

Informed by the concierge that I was, alas, No. 6 on the waiting list for La Colombe at Uitsig — one of the top-rated restaurants in the Cape — I instead dined at 5 Rooms, a funky dining spot at the newly renovated Alphen Boutique Hotel.

"I am alas as sober as a judge.

At 46, I am, alas, past my handball prime.

And yet, I am, alas, an adult.

"I am alas stoked to be labelmates with so many wicked bands".

"Listen and learn," the young man said, "that I am alas only too thoroughly expert in the Italian novella, and that precisely this knowledge is our undoing".

"And it is, alas, growing".

It was, alas, something I might not witness.