How to pronounce amiss
Listen to amiss in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“amiss” in real sentences
56 clips in the index · 10 American · 23 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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aware that something is amiss.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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a few red flags that something is amiss.
British Library · hear it here
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he generally sits in compositions looking completely amiss.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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so that they see warning signs that something is amiss.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of amiss. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.