Sentence examples for amiss because from inspiring English sources
But declarer knew that another overtrick or two would not go amiss because this was a pair event.
His father sensed something was amiss because "everyone was extra quiet," he said, but he did not want to interrogate his sons in the presence of other employees.
She said that even though the shooting had occurred not far from Wallace Hall, where the day care is located, the children had been unaware that anything was amiss because the gunfire had occurred during their nap time.
The official said "a significant number of people" in the port appeared to be aware that something was amiss because boats that would normally prowl the harbor "cleared the area" just before the bomb exploded.
The report, in somewhat breathless language, said one person figured out there was something amiss because the cell phone number of the person who pretended to be calling from the United States did not have an American area code, while the report said spies were recruited to gather information about cash machines and the Tehran subway system.
The district claims the bank should have noticed something amiss because the district was closed for 2008-09 winter break.
At 9.49pm, Captain De Falco, aware that something was amiss – perhaps because panicking passengers were calling the emergency services – contacted the ship's bridge to ask what was happening.
There is something amiss here, because in the league table of domestic violence Billy, though clearly a coiled spring, is small fry; Martha and Flower's murderous outrage, even in these days of zero tolerance, seems over the top.
In the case of the changed grades at Christel House, which opened in 2002 and serves students in kindergarten through 10th grade, Mr. Bennett said at a news conference this week that seeing the school's "C" grade was "the 'aha moment' where I had to say something is amiss here" because he knew the school was performing well.
Buyers do have the right to reject goods after purchase if they are found to be faulty, and eBay allows them 30 days to raise any issues – but the company seemingly realises that something is amiss here because, while it insists MC refund it the purchase price, it is remitting £400 in goodwill for "the negative selling experience".
It even made CNN which, in a world where I just saw a Kohl's commercial rip off Rebecca Black, isn't that surprising (Note: I sat there dumbfounded while my stepmom didn't seem to notice anything was amiss, probably because she was lucky enough to have never seen the original "Friday").
