Sentence examples for arrived tried from inspiring English sources

The phrase "arrived tried" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate verbs that do not logically connect in this form.
Example: "After we arrived, we tried to find a place to eat."
Alternatives: "arrived and attempted" or "came and tried".

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The women in the house had become hysterical, and several Iraqi soldiers who had arrived tried to comfort them.

The men in the apartment when the officers arrived tried to flee, but no weapon was found at the scene.

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THE Thompsons' friends arrived, trying to keep the tears away.

At 1 p.m. a particularly determined intruder arrived, trying entrances that most people would not even think about.

United Nations peacekeepers and the Haitian police also arrived, trying to clear a path for three battalions of military engineers from Brazil, Chile and Ecuador who came to help in the rescue.

"Want to drink tonight?" That's what I asked when he arrived, trying to sound like I was joking (I wasn't).

I almost ran through South Station when we arrived, trying to shake off the bus' cramped chatter, which felt too emblematic of my life at large, of my frenetic transfer-inspired interning and hand raising.

If you cannot find a way to enter the brewery once you have arrived, try calling the brewery from a cell phone and tell a brewery employee that you have arrived at the brewery.

The team needed to learn that by the time the postseason arrives, trying to mount comebacks against talented teams is not a formula for success.

Or executives will spend weeks before arriving trying to get a 15-minute meeting with Mrs. Merkel or Ms. Lagarde in the hope of influencing the dialogue over the euro.

For sandwiches and snacks when you arrive, try Kenzy's, a café situated among the shops and super yachts on the harbour.

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