amiss
Example Sentences
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As for your husband’s IRAs, something is amiss.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Or is there something really amiss in this paradise?
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
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
One morning in early summer, a renewing warmth in the air, Obinze arrived at the warehouse and knew right away that something was amiss.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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