amiss
Example Sentences
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She says one of the early clues that something was seriously amiss came when she took him to the US for specialist proton treatment.
From BBC
It previously declined to comment on the accounting issues, although it did release an independent audit that found nothing amiss.
From Barron's
And is it all a case of sensible planning - or an indicator of something amiss with Britain's rail network?
From BBC
And speaking of nutty, a handful of toasted pine nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, almonds, or even chopped chestnuts never goes amiss.
From Salon
Yet something is amiss when novelists cede the role of the storyteller to ad execs and social-media influencers.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
