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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of alas! in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of alas! in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of alas! in a Sentence

  1. Alain:

    When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    Some House Democrats imply they are withholding the [impeachment]articles for some kind of leverage, i admit, Im not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want.Alas, if theycan figure that out, they can explain.

  3. Persian:

    Alas, for him who is gone and hath done no good work! The trumpet of march has sounded, and his load was not bound on.

  4. Anonymous:

    Alas my love you do me wrong, To cast me of discurteously And I have loved you so long, Delighting in your company.

  5. Søren Kierkegaard, Asluttende uvidenskabeligt Efterskrift:

    Alas! While the speculative honourable professor explains the entire existence has he in distraction forgotten his own name, that he is a man, purely and simply a man, not a fantastic 38 of a paragraph.

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