Sentence examples for alas I work from inspiring English sources

But in fiction, alas, I work alone for the most part.

The company I work for has done that once or twice, but alas, it's not really common industry practice, or at least not yet.

I work my way to the back of venue expecting to be grouped with the twenty-somethings, but, alas, it was cool kids left, right and centre.

We needed cliché and kitsch— because, alas, it works.

But, alas, I could never work for an insurance company.

This doesn't, alas, always work out in practice and everyone has her own bitter tale of bad service in individual shops.

Noses, alas, do not work that way.

(The newfangled "RealD" glasses you brought home from last night's showing of "Hugo," alas, won't work).

Step-up bonds, alas, work the other way, too: If the ratings agencies upgrade an issue, the coupon will decrease.

So putting the question up for a referendum, alas, wouldn't work.

While that may be the dream of every reporter (and many a reader), investigative journalism, alas, rarely works like that.