Sentence examples for he 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.

The installation was powerful, but it didn't look much like poetry or music to me: a question or two about why De Waal chose to arrange the piece in the way he did wouldn't have gone amiss.

He looked up as one came through the door, obviously about to greet one, then when he found he couldn't speak, his expression became one of pain and puzzlement: he understood that something was badly amiss but he didn't know what it was.

Relatives said the first intimation that something was amiss was when he did not return home on Monday afternoon.

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.

Desormeaux said after the race that he did not think Big Brown was lame or sore, but that "something was amiss".

He did not arrive at Doncaster until the Saturday before, and after reports that he was amiss his odds had lengthened to as much as 10/1 in the betting.

Despite her shady past, Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales has stated that he doesn't expect anything to be amiss and has promised to cover any discrepancies out of pocket if necessary.

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.

His office wouldn't offer any hints as to what he might do, though one aide suggested that something seemed amiss.