Sentence examples for to tried from inspiring English sources
verb
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
- I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
Should they switch to tried and tested sectarian politics, or show leadership by ditching it altogether?
Once upon a time, movie stars were heroes, people we looked up to, tried to emulate.
That is why commissioners, especially in broadcasters such as Sky, stick to tried and tested formats.
The first doctor I went to tried everything — orthotics, taping my feet, a brace — but nothing worked.
At a time when new is the norm, though, some long-standing restaurants are sticking to tried and true.
In an older media model, Bieber enthusiasm would have directed itself to tried and true celebrity outlets.
That is because people are less inclined to test something new, whether a product or a politician, and more deferential to tried-and-true brands like a Bloomberg or a Rudy.
Go back to tried-and-true Vitabath.
With "Around the World," he adds fresh touches to tried-and-true goofiness.
Now bankers are returning to tried-and-true rules that they had abandoned: requiring 20percentt down, enforcing stricter underwriting.
ACCORDING to tried-and-tested measures, Wall Street today is more overvalued than at any other time in the past 150 years.
