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Sentence count:289+86Posted:2017-02-15Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: untriedSimilar words: driedcurriedworriedharriedmarriednutrientdeveloping countriestiedMeaning: [traɪd]  adj. 1. tested and proved useful or correct 2. tested and proved to be reliable. 
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181. He tried to console her, but she kept saying it was all her own fault.
182. He tried to blot out the image of Helen's sad face.
183. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
184. I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue.
185. We've tried to anticipate the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for all eventualities/every eventuality.
186. She reached up and tried to gouge her attacker's eyes.
187. The scandal has been discussed by the politburo, although the authorities have tried to hush it up.
188. The way Charles tried to make up to the boss was distasteful to the workers.
189. I have tried to pack a good deal into a few words.
190. I tried to discuss it with her but only succeeded in making her angry .
191. The old woman looked directly at the boy and he tried to avoid her searching glance.
192. I tried to blend into the crowd, but I was obviously not dressed for the occasion.
193. She tried to nudge him into changing his mind .
194. He flailed wildly as she tried to hold him down.
195. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.
196. Doctors tried to attend to the worst injured soldiers first.
197. He tried to practice upon the imagination and credulity of the public.
198. The little dog whimpered when I tried to bath it.
199. He tried to fudge the issue by saying that he did not want to specify periods.
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200. I tried to explain, but he just talked me down.
201. I tried to talk to her after the party, but she was as high as a kite.
202. We tried to laugh the girl out of that slight accident.
203. We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.
204. Both sides have tried to outdo each other to show how tough they can be.
205. I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper.
206. The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.
207. Rather over enthusiastically, he tried to do it all himself.
208. She tried to make amends by inviting him out to dinner.
209. Doctors tried desperately to reduce the swelling in her brain.
210. I found myself floundering as I tried to answer her questions.
More similar words: driedcurriedworriedharriedmarriednutrientdeveloping countriestiedalliedbodiedlie downstudiedfrenziedratifiedsatisfiedhorrifiedjustifiedqualifiedgratifiedspecifiedmystifiedterrifiedcertifiedeeriegriefbriefclassifiedaccompaniedunoccupiedseries
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