amiss
Example Sentences
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As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
"The feeling of dread was knowing something had gone very much amiss, and what was that going to mean for the children?"
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Independent experts will be asked to look at what went amiss with LAUSD’s AI effort and helped plan next steps in the ongoing but stalled strategy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
There they realise something is amiss and are soon swept up into a wildly unpredictable adventure.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
She had no difficulty in procuring Isabella’s invitation; and she was fortunate in having a sufficient reason for asking it, without resorting to invention.—There was a tooth amiss.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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