hélas
Americaninterjection
Example Sentences
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Asked who was France's greatest poet, André Gide responded with the famously rueful answer: "Victor Hugo, hélas!"
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2013
La chair est triste, hélas, et j'ai lu tous les livres", into nonsense: "Gdjagass, gdjagass, la berr est biste jétu toutétive .
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2011
En exprimant ce mauvais côté, mais ce mauvais côté, hélas, éternel!
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
In many cases interjections were originally words, just as the French hélas is derived from lassus, tired, miserable.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max
L'horrible feu ronge avec volupté Ses bras, son sein, et l'entoure, et s'élève, Et sans pitié dévore sa beauté, Ses dix-huit ans, hélas, et son doux rêve!
From Selections From the Works of John Ruskin by Ruskin, John
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