How to use "amiss" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "amiss" in popular movie and book plots

  • The pilot, Captain Jack Russel, realises something is amiss when he finds his navigator dead in the cargo hold.  - Tail Sting
  • She realizes something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to eliminate her.  - Anukokunda Oka Roju
  • The police now suspect something is amiss and advise Ellen and Althea to check into a hotel, but they refuse.  - Bad Ronald
  • Sam begins to suspect that something is amiss when he runs into Manners, who agrees to an alliance in order to stop Jack Frost.  - Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
  • Takumi suspects something amiss about her.  - Initial D (film)
  • " The mother realizes Betsy is trying to warn her that something is amiss between her daughter and her ex-husband.  - An American Haunting
  • Just like them, Betsy understood that something was amiss with her, but she couldn’t bring herself to talk with anyone about her concerns.  - Crimson Dawn
  • He questions Madame Hervé and her brother, but can find nothing amiss in their story.  - So Long at the Fair
  • Tachy-Security monitoring has detected something amiss with the Durant embryo cutting.  - The Eyes of Heisenberg
  • Masako suspects something is amiss but is reluctant to confront her husband.  - Early Spring (1956 film)
  • Paterson denies anything amiss has taken place, falling back on his "survival of the fittest" mantras and his self-defence classes.  - Survival (Doctor Who)
  • Doc notices something is amiss when George quickly achieves a checkmate in their chess game.  - Phenomenon (film)
  • The children realize something is amiss and use Justice Strauss's library to research law.  - The Bad Beginning
  • However, something goes amiss at the T-Mat vital relay station on the Moon and the system breaks down.  - The Seeds of Death
  • In the mirror universe, the group realises something is amiss as they walk off the transporter pad.  - Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • Something is amiss in the mining village of Killingworth, in 19th-century England.  - The Mark of the Rani

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