Sentence examples for alas just from inspiring English sources

Though broadly hailed as revolutionary, this new world was not, alas, just around the corner.

Iran is, alas, just as entitled to nuclear weapons as the US and Britain.

From there, the movie, alas, just lies down and dies, despite the capable efforts of the young cast.

But whatever the form that the subsequent emotional distress takes, alas, just evoking it in others does not make for enlightening or readable books.

And on the subject of Araucaria, more than a few clues submitted were on the lines of 'Valedictory extract from essay on Araucaria', a nice tribute but, alas, just too popular to gain higher than HC placing in the lists.

A tolerance for extreme noise is, alas, just another aspect of what we might call the booming 21st-century restaurant industry's near sadistic approach to customers: the same treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen attitude that brought us restaurants which refuse to take bookings, and maitre d's who would rather stare at an iPad than meet your eye.

Charlie Brooker once attempted to do just that but alas only found tuna.

But alas — with just a fraction of votes separating Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum — the network (and everyone else, frankly) was unable to project the winner.

This Big, alas, seems just as unengaging as the Broadway version; given the lack of orchestral accompaniment, it is even less entertaining.

Because I've been ill I can't travel, alas, but I've just written a play based on a 1927 trial.

But, alas, they just didn't have any policies at the moment.