take amiss
see take the wrong way.
Words Nearby take amiss
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How to use take amiss in a sentence
"Dear Johanna, you must not take amiss what he says," Helena began, with a furtive smile.
A Noble Name | Claire Von Glmer"Then I advise you to go and do likewise," rejoined his new friend with a geniality impossible to take amiss.
The Thousandth Woman | Ernest W. Hornung"I'm going to say something that you mustn't take amiss," he remarked, after a little pause.
The Market-Place | Harold FredericI will never take amiss anything they may say or do; and they will behave in the same way to me.
Voltaire's Romances | Franois-Marie ArouetIt would clearly be impossible to take amiss anything that this woman might choose to say.
Captain Desmond, V.C. | Maud Diver
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