Sentence examples for Turn alas from inspiring English sources
An adult began calling out the names of towns and all the children ran toward their bags, crying out, "Is it my turn?" Alas, for many, the answer was, "Not yet".
It turns out, alas, that the episode sets the tone of what follows in quite the wrong way.
Somewhere Sofia Coppola's in-competition "Somewhere" opens with an overlong sequence of an expensive black motor car going round and round in circles and this, alas, turned out to be a fair summary of the rest of the film.
My thoughts, alas, turn to earthier matters.
Dementia, alas, turns this ferocious, funny wonder woman into a stranger.
But as court papers reveal, that, alas, turned out not to be genuine.
The wood-burning oven, alas, turned out to be an underperformer.
If ever a spirited encore was needed (and Purcell provides innumerable opportunities), it was here, on a night of celebration that, alas, turned out cold, rainy and dreary.
Of the "Big Four" music conglomerates we had some hope that EMI would turn the tide, but alas we were wrong!
(On closer re-examination, alas, it turned out to be a mere variant).
