Sentence examples for sensed something amiss from inspiring English sources

The second scenario was that the spacecraft sensed something amiss and, as it is programmed to do, powered down the main computer and switched operations to the backup computer.

She sensed something amiss.

Mr. Martin sensed something amiss.

Ms. Corzine said she first sensed something amiss when she bumped into Mr. Turner and Ms. Greenberg in San Marco Square in Venice in 1994.

Perhaps sensing something amiss, a waiter on a recent evening attempted to spark a conversation between two neighboring tables: "Look!

Sensing something amiss, she called L.L. Bean a few days later.

Prepare, in a worst-case scenario, to be threatened with bodily harm by a disgruntled neighbor: disgruntlement is commonplace among shareholders sensing something amiss on the home investment front.

I sensed something was amiss when I was dressed in a kilt.

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.

Police officials said the two were outwitted by a driver who sensed something was amiss and managed to call for help in the robbers' presence.

I couldn't reach her — the vagaries of mobile reception quickly disconnected us — but even receiving this incomplete call, she somehow sensed something was amiss and left her day job to rush to the house.