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Definition of Alas
Alas

An exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.

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Alas Quotations

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
Henry David Thoreau

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
William Shakespeare

Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
Oscar Wilde

Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
Albert Camus

A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Alas Translations

alas in Dutch is o wee, helaas
alas in German is leider
alas in Hungarian is sajna
alas in Italian is purtroppo
alas in Latin is vae
alas in Spanish is ay


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