At length I came amaist close to the bit brow o' the Lang Bank that brought me in sight o' my ain house, but when I lookit ower my shoulder Reaver was fled.
Sandy was amaist swarf'd, the cauld sweat brak on him, an' he clew his head.
Dick Lawless knew them a’, could amaist smell them, his mates used to say.
The banes gleam white when the moon is at her full, lying matted thegither amaist concealed by the growth of years.
It’s deep, andamaist covered in wi’ trees and fern.
And mony a huntit, poor red-coat, For fear amaistdid swarf, man!
O, how that name inspires my style The words come skelpin, rank and file, Amaist before I ken!
Hardly was his back turned, and amaist before ye could cry Jack Robison, in comes the birkie and the very young leddy the auld gentleman described arm and arm thegither, smoodging and lauching like daft.
But, from that hour, I hae never kent what comfort is, or amaist what it is to hope for heavenly mercy.
I could amaist bite your cheek, Betty Bodle--I could.
He had amaist met wi' far waur than a broken leg,' interposed the grandmother.
I hae had sic a dream as never mortal man had; and a' sae plain and sae particular, I could amaist swear it was real.
I am amaist terrified to enquire where you have been since the white lady took you away; for ye must have been in the fairy land, or the country o' the gruesome ghaists, or perhaps in a waur place than either.
If ane hear a Laidlaw complaining of pinching and poverty, ye may amaist be sure that he has the best stockit mailings, and the best filled beef-barrels in the country.
Dan, "Do nae ye ken that the world's amaist turned up-side-down sin ye left us?
My gude friend, Mr Thamson here, can tell you that I have had a sair fecht against secret influence, and I am amaist feared that some men like the Provost owe me a grudge for it.
Try your hand at them, Tam, for my heart's amaist broken!
And then their cauld and reekie skies, They luke ower dull to Yankee eyes; The sun ye'd ken na if he's rise Amaist the day; Just a noon blink that hardly dries The dewy brae.
The words come skelpin, rank an' file, Amaistbefore I ken!
And mony a huntit poor red-coat, For fear amaist did swarf, man!
But I have that within me that will keep my heart from failing, and I am amaist sure that I will be strengthened to speak the errand I came for.
O Effie, look but up, and say what ye wad hae me to do, and I could find in my heart amaist to say that I wad do't.
I could amaist think whiles my son, or else Steenie, my oe, was dead, and that I had seen the burial.
Troth, for that matter, she would be as sair vexed amaist for you as for me.
The words come skelpin', rank and file, [spanking] Amaistbefore I ken!
I killed the sma' ane dead enough; but the auld one, she lets a roar that amaist deeved me, and at me she comes like a tiger.
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new, makes old cloth look almost as well as the new.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amaist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
