Sentence examples for alas we cannot from inspiring English sources

Alas, we cannot know.

Alas, we cannot just admire them for that.

Alas, we cannot believe that now, and in all humility we must be prepared to learn lessons from others.

"Alas we cannot hope to compete in sheer tonnage of TNT that we put up into the air and detonate with our fireworks display," Johnson said.

Alas, we cannot record them in the way we would like to," Wezeman said, noting the limited transparency of military spending as another impediment to the accuracy of Sipri's data.

Alas, we cannot zoom any closer than that rooftop view, or we might be able to look down onto the sidewalks themselves and catch a glimpse of those former New Yorkers, all caught up in the vividness, the newness of their vanished present.

We cannot, alas, ask Nelson Mandela how this event measures up to what he had in mind 15 years ago.

None, but alas we are in the no spin zone.

We cannot.

We cannot be touched".

Perhaps we cannot.