TRIED in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for TRIED, such as:
1. Anna tried to look interested.
2. He tried his fortune in another city.
3. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
4. They tried to overcharge me, but I didn't agree.
5. Ellen had tried to stop her and she would not listen.
2. He tried his fortune in another city.
3. I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
4. They tried to overcharge me, but I didn't agree.
5. Ellen had tried to stop her and she would not listen.
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Meanings and Examples of TRIED
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tried
a. tested and proved to be reliable
a. tested and proved useful or correct
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I kinder knew I'd want to take a ride to-night, Eady, in his triumph, tried to put a sentimental note into his bragging voice.
2 The other he tried to slip through hers; but she eluded him nimbly, and Frome's heart, which had swung out over a black void, trembled back to safety.
3 The cat, profiting by this unusual demonstration, tried to effect an unnoticed retreat, and in doing so backed into the pickle-dish, which fell to the floor with a crash.
4 He said to himself: "This is Matt's last day," and tried to think what the place would be without her.
5 He tried in vain to roll over in the direction of the sound, and stretched his left arm out across the snow.
6 Scarlett heard Mammy's lumbering tread shaking the floor of the hall and she hastily untucked her foot and tried to rearrange her face in more placid lines.
7 Ellen ignored all things contrary to her ideas of propriety and tried to teach Scarlett to do the same, but with poor success.
8 He tried to think of something to say and couldn't, and silently he blessed her because she kept up a steady chatter which relieved him of any necessity for conversation.
9 She closed the door except for a crack and tried to make her heart beat more slowly.
10 She tried to remember just exactly what she had planned last night to say to Ashley, but she couldn't recall anything.
11 She tried to draw deep breaths but Mammy's lacings were too tight.
12 She tried to quiet her heart and fix her face into more composed lines, for she knew she must look like a crazy woman.
13 Ellen had tried to stop her and she would not listen.
14 She cried until Charles climbed into bed beside her and tried to comfort her, cried without words until no more tears would come and at last she lay sobbing quietly on his shoulder.
15 They all waved and called to her as they went by and she tried to respond with a good grace, but it was difficult.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He tried to frustrate his political opponents by denying them access to the media.
2 They tried to achieve their aims by passive resistance.
3 We tried to get our point across, but he just wouldn't listen.
4 Anna tried to look interested.
5 I tried again to get ahold of my cousin Joan.
6 They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.
7 I tried a dating agency once, but got my fingers badly burnt - I'll never do it again.
8 As long as two years ago, Mandelson tried to unpick the reasons for the disaster.
9 They tried to overcharge me, but I didn't agree.
10 No matter how many mistakes you make or how slowly you progress, you are already ahead of those who never tried.
11 Retailers have tried almost everything to entice shoppers through their doors.
12 The scandal has been discussed by the politburo, although the authorities have tried to hush it up.
13 I have tried to write this story five times but I am still dissatisfied with me.
14 He tried his fortune in another city.
15 I found myself floundering as I tried to answer her questions.