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

Here the old gentleman disembarked, and invited us to do so likewise, which, having no alternative, and being nearly starved, we did without hesitation -- taking our rifles with us, however.

From Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider

‘Incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim,’ thought my friend; but having no alternative he accepted their offer, and, after partaking of an excellent breakfast with them, they all proceeded onwards.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas