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used to express sorrow or distress
Juliet's pitiful lament, "alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead!"
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Recent Examples of alas
Stellar occultations are, alas, difficult to observe — they can only be seen from random narrow tracks across the surface of the Earth.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
There was a tumultuous battle between the combatants but alas, the giant scorpion fatally bit Artemis’ boyfriend.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
But alas, these movies now feel kinda boring.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Hindsight, alas, is for suckers and columnists.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
There was a tumultuous battle between the combatants but alas, the giant scorpion fatally bit Artemis’ boyfriend.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
But alas, these movies now feel kinda boring.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
Hindsight, alas, is for suckers and columnists.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alas
aw
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In the north of the British Isles, people sometimes combined ye, a second person plural pronoun for you, along with aw, meaning all.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
16 July 2025
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And then … aw, just cue up the video player for the epic Francisco Lindor homer that won this thing!—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Alas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alas. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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