Sentence examples for alas cannot from inspiring English sources

Enterprise, alas, cannot receive such a luxurious retirement.

But leadership, alas, cannot be brought about through agitation.

The same, alas, cannot be said of the mood in Hamburg.

The people of Missouri, alas, cannot talk back to the director.

The festival's other defining element, alas, cannot be brought to New York, and that is its special setting, the town of Risor.

It is for the BBC, the police, and probably the law courts to see that justice is served – but they, alas, cannot act at the same speed.

The headmaster replies: "That, alas, you cannot do, John, or I shall dismiss you".

Except that, alas, you cannot quite see it because it has been cropped, and then partially obscured by information.

I say back, "What?" Angel says, "I have so much love to give some lost young woman, but alas, I cannot indulge in the carnal".

I say back, "What?" Angel says, "I have so much love to give some lost young woman, but alas, I cannot indulge in the carnal".__ I say, "O.K".__ He says, "You can use that".

But alas, I cannot be that myopic.