hélas

[ ey-lahs ]
interjectionFrench.

  1. alas!

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How to use hélas in a sentence

  • Then as he saw the inquiring look on the faces around him, he added: 'Autrefois j'étais polichon, aujourd'hui, hélas!

    A German Pompadour | Marie Hay

  • Milors and gentlemans, I feel that I can perspire to no greatare honueur dan to be von common scoundrelman myself; but, hélas!

    Recitations for the Social Circle | James Clarence Harvey

  • Showers of stones were thrown, and the infuriated natives made a rush upon them; but, hélas!

    Corea or Cho-sen | A (Arnold) Henry Savage-Landor

  • Milors and gentlemans, I feel dat I can perspire to no greatare honneur dan to be von common scoundrelman myself; but hélas!

  • hélas, trop belle estoyt la face de ma dame et ses yeulx, et en mauvais jour je vis ces chouses-là.

    Poems & Ballads (First Series) | Algernon Charles Swinburne

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