Sentence examples for on a second try from inspiring English sources

"on a second try" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when talking about attempting something again after not being successful the first time. For example: "I couldn't solve the puzzle on my first try, but on a second try, I finally figured it out." "The first batch of cookies burned, but on a second try, I adjusted the temperature and they turned out perfect."

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The apple-berry crisp that we liked one night was served microwave-hot on a second try.

His client had trouble with one seven-hour polygraph test administered last week, but did better on a second try.

On a second try, to 5 minutes.

On a second try, he slashed his exit from the tiny cockpit to 11 seconds.

He pondered whether, on a second try, he would take steps to make the beer drier.

Even dishes that impressed the first time around failed on a second try.

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Also on the ballot was a second try at legalizing casinos on Indian land.

A cauliflower gratin was wetter than bisque on a first try, nearly as dry as gravel on a second one.

He escaped twice and was recaptured, then succeeded on a third try.

Danny Brough laid on a first try for Aaron Murphy with a tantalising long pass that sucked Dom Manfredi out of position.

Another time, those flaws had vanished; on a third try, it was the rice that vanished, leaving something like whipped cream with fruit.

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