Sentence examples for did amiss from inspiring English sources
Harold is unhappy ("Worse than adversity the Childe befell / He felt the fulness of satiety"), unrepentant ("For he through Sin's long labyrinth had run, / Nor made atonement when he did amiss"), and unrequitedly in love ("Had sigh'd to many though he loved but one / And that loved one, alas! could ne'er be his").
"What is it that we have done amiss in the past few months, 15 years, three centuries, that gives rise to this explosion?" he asked.
Celebrities are often criticised for courting the media, wanting positive press in the good times and then crying foul when they have done something amiss.
"Of course the five grand [prize money] didn't go amiss either.
In amongst all the savoury pinwheels and tear and shares, a little sweetness didn't go amiss.
After hospital, Amiss did not return to her studies, but instead trained as a shorthand typist and spent the next 30 years working for the civil service.
Child welfare services visited, but did not find anything amiss.
The sensor warned me something was amiss, but did not tell me which tire was ailing.
Fifa was aware of concerns that something was amiss but did not feel they had enough proof to prevent the games from going ahead.
While I did not notice anything amiss, air-wise, a reporter from The Chicago Tribune told me that she never realized 300 men could smell so bad.
