The word "practised" is correct and usable in written English.
It is the past participle of the verb "practise," meaning to do something regularly as a habit or skill. For example: Sam had practised guitar for hours, and was feeling ready for his upcoming performance.
We practised controlling the kite on land and at sea – easier said than done with a three-metre-wide inflatable kite in a brisk wind.
His parents practised this kind of rural Pakistani version of Islam and that didn't fit for him.
Rising at around 8am, we practised manoeuvres or sailed all day, mooring at 6 or 7pm, leaving plenty of time for eating the homemade meals provided and indulging in our sizeable pre-cruise booze run while listening to Kevin's picaresque life story.
Asylum seekers in detention on Christmas Island are often dangerously misdiagnosed due to a complicated and inadequate IT system, and can regularly go without basic medicine including paracetamol due to frequent shortages, according to the letter signed by 15 doctors who have practised on Christmas Island.
When the four friends decided to set up a band, they practised in Mr and Mrs Turner's garage (and were thrown out once for being too loud).
And, for visitors who like more recent history, there is the Lady Bower reservoir at the foot of Snake Pass where Guy Gibson and his "dambusters" practised dropping their "bouncing bomb".
Jones must accrue the 60 days' clinical practice and study time the Health and Care Professions Council regulator has made mandatory for those who have not practised for five years or more.
But the OSCE observer report on the election catalogued many "legal and organisational shortcomings," noting that slavish media coverage gave Karimov a "clear advantage" and that "proxy voting on behalf of several voters appeared to be universally practised".
The current frontier of happiness measurement, as practised by neuroeconomists and neuromarketers, is to circumvent how people report they feel, in search of how they 'really' feel.
As long as they are practised, electoral systems should be as fair and representative as possible, avoiding biases that distort the principle of proportionality.
Now in my 60s, I thank those teachers who practised genuine equality and diversity 50 years ago by having the highest expectations of us all, regardless of background.
