Sentence examples for done amiss from inspiring English sources

"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.

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").

Saint Killian's Col lege at Coonlahan, the Glasnevin cemetery, Phoenix Park, Father O'This and Father O'That, divil a thought even a bejasus or two does not come amiss on the regular scenic tour.

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.

Have I done or said anything amiss?

"It seems to have done him good," says Amiss. "He's scored runs galore since he got married".

"Of course the five grand [prize money] didn't go amiss either.

A bit of green awareness doesn't go amiss in traffic-choked Bangkok.

At the end of the day, ensure new presents don't go amiss with the football-themed storage bag from cuckooland.com.

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.

Oregano is an absolute must – I find the dried kind stands up better to long cooking than the fresh leaves – and a couple of bay leaves, as used by Buxton and Hayden, don't go amiss either.