having no alternative
Example Sentences
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Opening with a brilliantly alienated first line – “The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new” – Murphy puzzled a lot of reviewers, was praised by Dylan Thomas, and sold badly.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019
Beckett tried out "The sun shone, as only the sun can, on nothing new", working through various alternatives before ending up with: "The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new."
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2013
Still, having no alternative, I went ahead and sat beside Jerome.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Most Bulgarians distrust information available to them from these sources but, having no alternative, continue to use them.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
Of course he does it, having no alternative; and enters Malaga a prisoner, all his followers prisoners.
From Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
