Sentence examples for if alas from inspiring English sources

Were she alive at a hundred and nine, Margaret Mead might well be glued to "American Idol," looking for anthropological (if, alas, not evolutionary) insight.

It's a total (head) trip, one that starts and stops and doesn't fit easily into the mainstream narrative mold, which could explain why the screenwriter Linda Woolverton, borrowing both from "Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass," has given Alice a back story, a dash of psychology and a battle royal if, alas, not a pool of her own tears in which to swim.

It's hard to imagine Mr. Russell Beale — if, alas, not Mr. Irons — failing to appear next year in contention for the Laurence Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tony, but when it comes to actually taking home a prize, as the ceremony proved Sunday night, that much is anyone's guess.

Laura Bassett, if she plays, will surely be even more highly motivated, because she won't want her last touch against Japan to be her last touch in the tournament even if, alas, it risks being the one that lives longest in the memory.

Even if, alas, early reports warn the new Maps' navigation accuracy is lackluster, at least it is a feature that exists and can be improved in future iterations.

Harriett Beecher Stowe noted Greeley's eccentric dress, "That poor white hat! If, alas, it covered many weaknesses, it covered also much strength, much real kindness and benevolence, and much that the world will be better for".

This is accomplished by the decreasing frequencies of InAs phonons localized in InAs/AlAs QDs and increasing frequencies of IF AlAs-like phonons localized in the vicinity of InAs QDs having lower aspect ratio.

Alas, alas!

Adult language and partial female nudity if not (alas) male.

At least then the Palestinian government would have a lot more to lose, and such a stake has a salutary — if not, alas, swift — effect on behavior.

It's a dead ringer for Toni Basil's effervescent 1982 novelty hit Mickey, borrowing its guitar riff if not, alas, its sense of gleeful subversion.