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

It previously declined to comment on the accounting issues, although it did release an independent audit that found nothing amiss.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

I gasped and ran to her, lifting her sunglasses off, cupping her face in my hands, studying it for bruises, for anything that might seem amiss.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez