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"something was amiss" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where something is not right but you're not quite sure what it is. For example: "When I arrived at the party, I could tell something was amiss - there weren't many people there and the atmosphere felt awkward."
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Clearly, something was amiss.
Something was amiss.
you knew something was amiss".
Something was amiss deep-down.
They concluded that something was amiss.
The Americans suspected something was amiss.
Shorter must have felt that something was amiss as well.
"This time, we could feel something was amiss," she said.
However, with closer observation you noticed that something was amiss.
Not that anyone would have known that something was amiss.
Doris herself ticked over unevenly; something was amiss.
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