amiss

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • 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

Others noticed something was amiss when they were locked out from internal systems.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 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

Ah reckon dey never hit us ah lick amiss ’cause dem three boys and us two girls wuz pretty aggravating Ah speck.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston