Sentence examples for alas not from inspiring English sources

Every so often a severed head lazily rolls across the frame, though alas not often enough.

But, alas, not so.

But alas, not this year.

But, alas, not many of them.

In science, alas, not all projects fulfill researchers' ambitions.

This was, alas, not the end of the matter.

Our experiment in heavy trailering was, alas, not without incident.

Jessie is awake … albeit, alas, not for long.

This pertained, alas, not only to tanks, artillery and planes.

His performance was transfixing but, alas, not to everybody's tastes.

And our pigs (though, alas, not our people) have gotten much leaner in recent years.