amiss

Example Sentences

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As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

There they realise something is amiss and are soon swept up into a wildly unpredictable adventure.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

In the show, Palmer and Whitehall play Samira and Rob, new parents who move back to Rob’s hometown of Hinkley Hills, a beautiful suburb where Samira immediately suspects something is amiss.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

On 28 August that year, Izabela called her mother as she usually would and "nothing was amiss", Aspden said.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The white knight knows that something is amiss, Hotah could tell, but it is more than that.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin