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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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211. He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.
212. He did not have much success, but tried not to get too disconsolate.
213. She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her.
214. I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.
215. She tried to get a grip on the icy rock.
216. He lay down on the bed and tried to relax.
217. If you tried,you could have jewed him down to $80.
218. They tried to defend themselves against the enemy with all their might.
219. No matter how many mistakes you make or how slowly you progress, you are already ahead of those who never tried.
220. The reactionary government tried vainly to take the steam out of the protest movement.
221. They tried to hype up their goods by the lottery.
222. I tried not to draw attention to the weak points in my argument.
223. When we tried to enter the house, some men warned us off.
224. His hand moved to his mouth as he tried to damp down the panic.
225. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
226. The rebels tried to wrest control of the town from government forces.
227. He tried to kiss her but she pushed him away.
228. Far too many football supporters tried to jam into the small ground.
229. He tried to squash four pieces of luggage into the boot.
230. In the sentence 'I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't come',(http://sentencedict.com/tried.html) 'come' is an intransitive verb.
231. Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck.
232. The technique is being tried in classrooms to assess what effects it may have.
233. She was asked to work the weekend shift but she tried to beg off.
234. He tried to push the door open, but he didn't have sufficient leverage.
235. He confronted his childhood trauma and tried to exorcise the pain.
236. The policy tried to check the exponential growth of public expenditure.
237. She had already tried emotional blackmail to stop him leaving.
238. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.
239. For years I had tried to be a compliant and dutiful wife.
240. They tried to chart the sea area between Norway and Denmark.
More similar words: driedcurriedworriedharriedmarriednutrientdeveloping countriestiedalliedbodiedlie downstudiedfrenziedratifiedsatisfiedhorrifiedjustifiedqualifiedgratifiedspecifiedmystifiedterrifiedcertifiedeeriegriefbriefclassifiedaccompaniedunoccupiedseries
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