Sentence examples for alas even from inspiring English sources

So as the world sinks, and alas, even mighty Greenwich sinks with it, the talk even more than usual these days is about houses.

But alas, even though it felt like a midsummer night's dream evening, I still don't get Shakespeare.

But, alas, even in Virginia the MR2 is not for lovers.

Many other poor countries could afford that.And the third is that, alas, even a brilliant idea has enemies.

Lately, alas, even the Winter Games have been taken over by cold-cash professionals -- in hockey and just about every other sport.

But, alas, even show business can't alter the Constitution.

The close-up photo showed about a square inch of her wedding veil — alas, not even enough material to determine if it was lace or tulle.

But alas, sometimes even the most talented hands are confronted by a frock or sock suffering from a fatal malady.

Why is Uncle Sam prosecuting a heap of money?The answer, alas, makes even less sense than the name on the docket.

(And, alas, now even more of a collector's item: on Nov. 11, the last Yugo rolled off the assembly line in Serbia. Sales of Yugos in the United States ended in 1992).

Not only is he a polymath who makes the rest of us feel like slackers; he lacks glaring flaws: no dark past, no drunken parent or dubious paternity, no private demons, no cheating at Harvard, no bad-boy brother or left-wing wife; alas, not even a Gennifer.