Examples of 'tried' in a sentence
Meaning of "tried"
Try (verb): To attempt or test something with the aim of achieving a specific goal or outcome
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- Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
- simple past tense and past participle of try
How to use "tried" in a sentence
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I tried to reach him for half an hour.
They have never been tried or convicted of a crime.
Tried to get in once but could not.
Miles actually tried to blackmail me once into.
There was that thing where it tried to bite us.
Right to be tried by an independent and impartial tribunal.
We have no idea why he tried to set fire.
We tried to be fair where the kids are concerned.
Not unless they tried to hurt him.
I tried to explain to him there is an upside to everything.
The detective that tried to arrest them.
I tried to convince him to let you come.
I have never tried to keep them here.
I tried to book a room there last year.
And then she tried to kill him.
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She tried to fend off the murderer.
He should have never tried to change things.
I have tried to teach you about patience.
You must have tried the lamb.
I have tried it before and it never works.
A van load of heroin you tried to steal.
They have tried tonight and missed.
Do not knock it till you have tried it.
Someone tried to kill you last night.
He dragged me out of bed and tried to kill me.
We tried to contact you four years ago.
The assassins were tried immediately and executed.
I tried to reassemble it to see if any part was missing.
They should be tried for political stupidity.
I tried so hard to be someone everybody could like.
But when they tried to start families.
He tried to convince me it was good for the plants.
He never even once tried to track me down.
She tried to take her life before.
A retrofit builds on the tried and tested.
Beyza tried very hard to do that too.
You could not be normal if you tried.
At first we tried to strangle her with rope.
I took them to school and tried to be normal.
The reason he tried to blow us up was drone strikes.
Do not knock it unless you have tried it.
Intruder tried to push past security downstairs.
Least you could say you tried.
Then you tried to blow up my spot online.
I think they just have not tried.
I have tried everything else with you.
I killed a man who tried to take them.
I tried for years to reach out to my fiancee.
He shouted and tried to cover his face.
I tried to pretend you did not exist but.
