Sentence examples for on alas from inspiring English sources

She lives on, alas, in the dastardly intentions of her anointed and usually female successors.

The final story is a bit more aggressively "staged," with a tone that suggests directorial interpretation; the bemusement at the racial attitudes of the characters takes on, alas, a whiff of politically correct scorn.

The case they've taken on, alas, only intermittently proves worthy of them.

This will be very tight and maybe have some hope of staying up, once on!" Alas, once the zipper was conquered, the bodysuit rejected me by refusing to remain vertical, posing a constant threat of flashing.

Aiming to be hands on, alas it put me off.

One of the embedded stories of "Selma" is the division, within both the Democratic and Republican parties, on the issue of civil rights — or, conversely, the alliances of Democrats and Republicans on (alas) both sides of the matter.

For an ethnographer, "she was the gift that kept on giving, alas".

The stature and charisma of popular singers would then be something like a renewable resource to be called on by ALAS for the shaping of public policies.

Like American democracy itself, the C-SPAN prank call has a long and rich history, one that is well-documented on YouTube (alas, much of it is too colorful to share here).

The viewing commences at 11 a.m., Eastern (unless you count the three World Cup games, the first one beginning at 2 25 a.m ., with the French Open women's final on NBC (still, alas, on tape, but three hours less delayed than last year).

Some unions seem bent on confrontation, alas.