How To Use Miss. In A Sentence
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The practiced eye of the reptile lover finds a great deal in Manouria emys that others might miss.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Saving a Living Treasure of Asia
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According to Damascene (De Fide Orth. iii, 24), "to pray is to ask becoming things of God"; wherefore it is useless to pray for what is inexpedient, according to James 4: 3, "You ask, and receive not: because you ask amiss.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
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Some English roses from the FA would not have gone amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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His experience there exemplifies what he says regarding the need to be philosophical about the photographs that you miss.
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In the state of Miss. you can use a single shot, "modern firearm" as long as it was made before 1900 during muzzle-loader season. (ie. 45-70, etc.)
On The Crossbow Trend
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And it had a systems fault which was only rectified after a near miss.
ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
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She was careful to thank the conductor in Greek and was answered,' ` S a pleasure, miss.
THE QUEST FOR K
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Some assistance in the current crisis would not come amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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He's showing no more interest than before, except for a spark of amusement on his face that's impossible for me to miss.
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In a time of vapid politicians who only speak from pre-agreed scripts, a bit of colour, rank mischief and sharp politics cannot go amiss.
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Viewers who are easily upset may wish to give the first five minutes a miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mrs Healy saw him running as she looked from her bow window and knew that something must be amiss.
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After Brewster had been fouled on the edge of the box, Sauzee stepped up, determined to banish the memory of his penalty miss.
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Rooney's poor performances in the World Cup led to him being barracked by the Chelsea fans and Ferguson said: "Allgood players get booed these days, but it was a fantastic goal – the making ofitwas superb, and Antonio really couldn't miss.
Manchester United grab first prize and eye Mesut Ozil
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No alarm went off, and the officers patrolling the perimeter didn't notice anything amiss.
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Herman just so happened to be involved in a local nudie cutie camera club when he runs into the maniacal miss.
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When he was small, our son—your grandson—used to confuse the word love with the word miss.
Life As We Know It
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The offer of a year abroad with all expenses paid seemed too good to miss.
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When the laser bear hits a detector, the laser detector records a kill or near miss.
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Not that the Russian leader was giving any hint that anything was amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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One is taking the bambino's temperature daily, maybe even morning and night, always at exactly the same hour, although nothing seems to be amiss.
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When the interview ends, you share a burst of laughter with your mates because of the near miss.
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A lot of us don't get a lot out of narrow-minded, self-righteous, paranoia coupled with obviously disingenuous yatter about being the party of small government and fiscal conservatism – eight years of George Bush made those lies too obvious to miss.
'Regular guy' Thune is hot commodity in GOP circles
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It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss. Jonathan Safran Foer
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In this climate, a down-home bear hug and attendant back slapping probably wouldn't go amiss.
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His most glaring error was a simple finish into an empty net from four yards that he contrived to miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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The grain markets will remain volatile because the carryout is still very tight, said Mike Cockrell, chief financial officer of Laurel, Miss., chicken company Sanderson Farms Inc., whose shares rose more than 7% in the wake of the USDA reports.
USDA Raises Forecasts for Corn, Wheat Exports
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But a little humility from the diet police would not go amiss.
The Sun
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Perhaps a little less generalisation wouldn't go amiss.
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While he says he thoroughly enjoyed working with members at the detachment, especially those who worked for him in Highway Patrol, he says there are aspects of the job he definitely won't miss.
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•Kathy Eaton of Booneville, Miss., recalls a cast-iron-skillet-style potato dish called "slumgullion," or so she thinks, after watching an old episode of Gunsmoke, which she learned from her father, "who would be 103 this year.
Father's Day contest brims with memories, recipes
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The last mile was a track, and we had rather dawdled, so reluctantly gave the pub a miss.
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Adding a few seconds to your dev.time to allow for the stop, etc. wouldn't go amiss.
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Its originality makes it worth a look; its brilliant cast and perfect soundtrack ensure this is a film not to miss.
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My eyes have shallow sea land old clap vita etched a bay miss.
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The technology has gone badly amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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There is a guilty pleasure in looking at these paintings, which do things the old-fashioned way, providing the visual gratifications of color, light, brushwork and subject matter that we have been taught to dismiss.
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His double strike erased the shame of a bewildering first-half miss.
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The only vessels in view were mercantile ones, moving about their business as though nothing at all were amiss.
KING OF DREAMS
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Michael arrived at the Wall to find no sign that anything was wrong or amiss.
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But after reading i was unable to make any points from my side, really great article, and i like the first point that is to have vison which most of the people miss.
Women Grow Business » How 10 Site Design Laws Relate to Good Living, part 1
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Worse yet, your opponents are unbelievably excellent shots who almost never miss.
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Dangerous but a bit hit-and-miss.
The Sun
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`Excuse me, Miss. I ` ope you don't mind me asking," said Llew, `but could you see Mr Lloyd Evans as soon as possible?
GOODBYE CURATE
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Choosing a new book for your reading group can be frustratingly hit and miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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I think I'll give the fish course a miss.
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You are so switched on at work that you see opportunities others miss.
The Sun
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Choosing a new book for your reading group can be frustratingly hit and miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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My eyes have shallow sea land old clap vita etched a bay miss.
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The Michoud Assembly Facility east of New Orleans and the Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., both were located along the main swath of the storm's devastation.
Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives
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But ministers should realise that it will take far more than the government's own political priorities to deliver success ... and a word of acknowledgement wouldn't go amiss.
Are children still a priority for the government?
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This is both inconsistent with my sense (bolstered by my reading in marketing literature) that consumers do care about whether mistakes are honest, negligent, or intentional and also at least contestable enough to be inappropriate for a motion to dismiss.
Red and green lights for traffic false advertising claims
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I suppose we should have guessed something was amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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She was careful to thank the conductor in Greek and was answered,' ` S a pleasure, miss.
THE QUEST FOR K
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The ritual started more than eight months earlier at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., when combat control proctors realized he wasn't being physically challenged.
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He asked them to name the English batsmen in county cricket they felt were the hardest to dismiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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And a little empathy wouldn't go amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Jim Redding, my chief mechanical designer, and I followed the lorry all the way to make sure nothing went amiss.
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Over the last couple days though I've been getting signals that something might be amiss.
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I say a little cut would not have come amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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It may be awkward, but don't waste a chance to reconnect with the people you miss.
The Sun
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It was a fantastically exciting opportunity that seemed just too good to miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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My advice is to give them a miss.
The Sun
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From his early lo-fi home recordings to his one-a-year studio albums, Pollard has never been one for self-censoring, and as such this work is hit-and-miss.
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I got there just after you'd left — such a near miss.
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You can't love anything more than something you miss. Jonathan Safran Foer
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Keep your orders and shipping together in a separate folder so you can refer to them later something goes amiss.
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But after a while my parents began to realise that there was something seriously amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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The workers decided to investigate the carriages, to see what was amiss.
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Most of these follow the Easy concept of stripping away the frills to make the product or service cheaper, but the results have been hit and miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Gene Taylor, D-Miss., but it reflected concerns a number of lawmakers voiced Tuesday about constituent complaints.
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It was an untested recipe and the first time you try something it's always a bit hit-and-miss.
The Sun
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With three million advertising hoardings across the country bearing his image, the 33-year-old comic is a hard man to miss.
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After his low-key build-up to the season's first major, he would be excused another near miss.
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At the edge hereof their way-leader, the sergeant, bade draw rein, and said: Lords, we are now in the lands of the Red Hold, and therein is mickle peril and dread to any save stout hearts as ye be; but meseems we are so steaded, that whatever may come out of the Black Valley of the Greywethers to the Red Hold, ye now may scarce miss.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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Although such reports are often discounted as meteor showers or astronomical phenomena, other sightings are not so easy to dismiss.
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For me though, this weekend was more notable for being packed with stuff that I didn't go to, and didn't miss.
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Nobody dared to risk incurring royal displeasure by suggesting that some things within the palace were seriously amiss.
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
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The "slate" uses virtual keyboards that you poke at with a special stylus, or handwriting recognition that is hit-and-miss.
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I was drawin 'fine -- _fine_, I tell you, and I couldn't miss.
Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail
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Always think you have lots of time, so there are so many miss.
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`No," murmured Gaynor, shaking her pretty curls and pouting like a Victorian miss.
THE QUEST FOR K
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Any further shocks would be taken amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Viewers who are easily upset may wish to give the first five minutes a miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Willie Davis, a 41-year-old harbormaster in Pass Christian, Miss., said he fears his area will be forgotten if BP pulls out too soon.
Gulf Oil Spill Investigation: Companies At Fault Will Be In Charge Of Recovering Evidence
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Trent Lott, R-Miss., suggested that there could be repercussions for the industry, always well-protected by Congress, if it succeeded in scuttling the agreement.
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A good marksman may miss.
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He knew by their demeanors that something was amiss.
The Dragon’s Apprentice
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Even allowing for his inevitable bias, to figure that 17 decisions went against his team suggests something serious was amiss.
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Last year, Bill Lipsey , who manufactures cotton gin machinery in Sunflower, Miss., sold $200,000 worth of hand-made trees and empty colored bottles on his website, bottletree.com , he says.
Bottle Trees Join Grand Tradition of Pink Flamingos, Garden Gnomes
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If we don't give them a proper burial then we are amiss.
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This was the first formal indication that anything was seriously amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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A word of apology might not go amiss.
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A new pair of shoes wouldn't come amiss.
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The Delta Devils (17-16) had their nine-game winning streak snapped in the first NCAA appearance since 1996 for the 3,767-student school from Itta Bena, Miss., best known as the alma mater of NFL career receiving leader Jerry Rice.
USATODAY.com
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Serving staff do not take this amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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A valid inference is one where the conclusion follows from the premiss.
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I think I'll give the fish course a miss.
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He just so happened to be involved in a local camera club when he runs into the maniacal miss.
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Saying he would fight for the truth, he even attended a cabinet meeting chaired by the vice president as if nothing was amiss.
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Arctic outbreak to follow Thursday storm: The models are fairly unified in suggesting frigid air will pour southeastward following Thursday's storm whether it's a hit or a miss.
Three possible storms: will any pack a punch?
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He should have won the match—it was a near miss.
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Like the introduction of decimal currency, the advent of the Euro was an opportunity no level-headed business man or woman would miss.
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Like the introduction of decimal currency, the advent of the Euro was an opportunity no level-headed business man or woman would miss.
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I got there just after you'd left — such a near miss.
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Many have come to agree with his central premiss.
The Times Literary Supplement
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Crossbills are closely related to goldfinches, and the curve of the upper beak seems easy to miss.
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Match tapes are routinely studied after the final whistle to either get red cards rescinded on appeal or charges brought for malicious tackles that the officials miss.
The Sun
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I think I'll give the fish course a miss.
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If you are willing, I will always love you. Would you like, I will never miss.
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She quickly turned back around and took a swing to punch me in the face but I jerked my head back so she could miss.
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Secondly, Vision is beatifical, as it is commonly called, and that not amiss.
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ
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He phoned the Justice Department - the first alert to anything amiss.
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A coach is trained to pick up nuances that others miss.
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He asked them to name the English batsmen in county cricket they felt were the hardest to dismiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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I got there just after you'd left — such a near miss.
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A touch of humility before embarking on these lectures would also not come amiss.
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They both have a gleaming white rump that is hard to miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. Thomas Carlyle
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I'm not going to beat him playing from the baseline and waiting for him to miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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Waal," he said, dropping his hand and blinking in the ruddy glow from the west, "I guess I ain't done nothin 'fur the Union yet, but I'm a-goin' to now, miss.
Special Messenger
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It provides a sense of familiarity and friendliness which is hard to dismiss.
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Luckily the van ahead of us skidded off the road on our left, but it was a very near miss.
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Choosing a new book for your reading group can be frustratingly hit and miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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The sale prices were too good to miss.
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A cup of tea wouldn't go amiss.
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So if your budget stretches to it, a book or record token or gift voucher as well may not go amiss.
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So if you're already suffering indigestion, give them a miss.
The Sun
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Tess was no insignificant creature to toy with and dismiss.
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
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I'm sorry about what happened to your father, Miss.
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One critic has said the film is: an enigma, as difficult to like as it is to dismiss.
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I was worried that he might take my remark amiss.
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Your intuition is sharpest and you see opportunities others miss.
The Sun
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Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
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I was worried that he might take my remark amiss.
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A word of apology might not go amiss.
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SO varied: not just the big five who are all present and correct, the rangers are so hawk-eyed that they will also point out tiny birds and reptiles that you would otherwise miss.
Suzanne Aaronson: What's Worth It: Royal Malewane Safari Lodge in South Africa
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With his bushy red hair, he was hard to miss.
Christianity Today
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Knowing how hard it is to get auditions, especially with English National Opera, this chance to be coached by ENO professionals was too good to miss.
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The home fans probably knew at that point this was going to go down as another near miss.
The Sun
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This simple picture book is a charming account of a class walk during which Joe (the prototypical slowpoke who takes time to ‘smell the roses’) sees things that the other children miss.
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He has been accused of match-fixing, sledging a team-mate and wearing flares - the only charge he can't dismiss.
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An antinomy is the peculiar fallacy which enables us to derive both a proposition and its negation from the same premiss.
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
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In the short history of opinion polling in this country, one feature - or peculiarity if you like - is impossible to miss.
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Your mind is sharp and you see opportunities that other people miss.
The Sun
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It may be awkward, but don't waste a chance to reconnect with the people you miss.
The Sun
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
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Will he score a goal this time? No, no it's a miss.
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It was obvious that something was amiss.
The Sun
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Anthony doubted whether the old man deserved the dignity of stationmaster which he had ascribed to him but it did not seem to go amiss.
IN LOVE AND WAR
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AND anon as he had unshut the window the enchantment was gone; then he knew himself that he had done amiss.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
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The threat's going to be ongoing though because we're in what we call the monsoon season, where afternoon thunderstorms are prevalent in the mountains hit and miss.
CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007
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A bit of charm and humour would not go amiss.
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Iranian Cure for the Delta's Blues," in AARP's newsier publication, AARP Bulletin, prompts readers to wonder if an Iranian model of health-care delivery could work in Baptist Town, Miss.
Give your brain a hand
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We first met location, it was named: miss.
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It's the tragedy of loving, you can't love anything more than something you miss. Jonathan Safran Foer
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So the embassy watchers were looking for anything amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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No one knows my body as well as I do, so I had an inkling something new was amiss.
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We treat this as a matter of the utmost importance, since we have a comprehensive, strict and unbending set of standards to miss.
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Mitch Daniels (Ind.) or Haley Barbour (Miss.) to raise their name identification to Huckabee-like levels.
The Fix: The case for Mike Huckabee
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Little children and inquisitive young ladies are knocked down or blackened in coiling the hawser, by “hands” who, being nothing but _hands_, evidently cannot say, “I beg your pardon, miss.”
The Englishwoman in America
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Although such reports are often discounted as meteor showers or astronomical phenomena, other sightings are not so easy to dismiss.
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Nobody dared to risk incurring royal displeasure by suggesting that some things within the palace were seriously amiss.
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
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Overall, both the adaptation and the acting are hit and miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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The documentary offers more information, but the commentary is so fun and so breezy that it is tough to dismiss.
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The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss.
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The old world charm of the former building and its ambience are something that old-timers still miss.
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I even tried it myself a long time ago, but I got KO 'd and was advised by those in the know to give it a miss.
PROSPECT HILL
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The walking was a little strenuous, but it was just too beautiful to miss.
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North of the city to the north is not to miss.
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His style is very Sherlockian because he observes things closely and notices details others miss.
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When something about the magic act goes wrong, a glib tongue and a humorous manner can do much to gloss over the slip so that people do not notice that anything is amiss.
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The effects of this strange publicity campaign were not difficult to miss.
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Nobody dared to risk incurring royal displeasure by suggesting that some things within the palace were seriously amiss.
BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
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Another plea may not go amiss.
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So when Von Teese appeared on the catwalk wearing a floorlength, long-sleeved black dress, caught at her miniature waist with a jet black belt and lushly swagged over her hips and bosom, nothing seemed amiss.
Enfant terrible Jean Paul Gaultier puts striptease on the catwalk
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A bit of élan and sleight of hand and perhaps just a twist of snobbery and insincere flattery wouldn't go amiss.
Times, Sunday Times
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In an elevated position above Rougemont Gardens public park, the castle is hard to miss.
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`Righto, Miss. We'll get on with the bit of rewiring we've got to do.
GOODBYE CURATE
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I haven't any idea, and he isn't giving me anything to go off of, Miss.
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It is important that correct procedures are followed, and the Belgians were remiss.
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Match tapes are routinely studied after the final whistle to either get red cards rescinded on appeal or charges brought for malicious tackles that the officials miss.
The Sun
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Campaigners say that 'Mx', short for 'Mixter', is a gender neutral alternative to Mr, Mrs, Ms and Miss.
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Like the introduction of decimal currency, the advent of the Euro was an opportunity no level-headed business man or woman would miss.
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SpongeBob and Patrick themselves are feverishly suggestible — no gimmick or promotion targeted at them can possibly miss.
SpongeBob's Golden Dream
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Investors dumped the shares in August after it revealed a-close-to $20m revenue miss.
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Your intuition is sharpest and you see opportunities others miss.
The Sun
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Once he bungled a somersault, but managed such a smooth entry into the next exercise that the spectators never suspected that anything was amiss.
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North of the city to the north is not to miss.
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Viewers who are easily upset may wish to give the first five minutes a miss.
Times, Sunday Times
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It focusses them on some of the visual clues they might otherwise miss.
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It is not only Johnson's brute devilry which is missing, though when the Boks are scaling the ramparts a lashing of "cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" wouldn't go amiss.
The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
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So, I finished packing my bag, with clothes, CDs, and stuff I would miss.
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And then, amid the clangour of the machinery, came a drifting suspicion of human voices, that I entertained at first only to dismiss.
The War of The Worlds
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Like most sampler CDs, this collection of 15 rare tracks is hit and miss.
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But this X-rated lusciousness is too good to miss.
DIRTY QUEER IS IN THE HOUSE « in other words [a portland feminist and queer bookstore and blog]
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The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Weird Stuff
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No system is foolproof, but an all-party, non-partisan approach to appointments is too good an opportunity to miss.
