Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Thoroughly tested and proved to be good or trustworthy.
- adjective Made to undergo trials or distress. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tested; proved; hence, firm; reliable.
- Choice; excellent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
try
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
try .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tested and proved to be reliable
- adjective tested and proved useful or correct
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Examples
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We looked and looked, and I tried on lots of jeans, and modeled and tried and modeled and tried
j-gan Diary Entry j-gan 2007
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There's a little Italian man who comes into our store everyday who insists on correcting my pronounciation, and I've tried, like seriously *tried*, but old habits just die hard!
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The charges against you were so serious that we couldn't get them dropped, and we tried, man, we _tried_.
Up The Line Silverberg, Robert 1969
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So the old Crab tried and _tried_ to walk straight forward.
The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter 620 BC-563 BC Aesop 1921
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Well, as I was saying, I tried and _tried_, but still they were fearful.
The Cuckoo Clock Mrs. Molesworth 1880
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Well, as I was saying, I tried and _tried_, but still they were fearful.
The Cuckoo Clock Mrs. Molesworth 1880
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"No man could be miserable with Pauline Murray, if he did his duty and tried, _tried_ with his very soul to the uttermost.
Floyd Grandon's Honor Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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Judge gives Universal Music 24 hours to explain takedown spree : Megaupload sued Universal Music for abusing the DMCA after the label tried to take down a Megaupload promotional video featuring some of the music industry's top stars.
Ars Technica Eric Bangeman 2011
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The label tried releasing her first two signals, but they crashed and burned worse than that time I let my blind servant drive an oil tanker.
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The label tried to coach her on deportment after she had some nasty run-ins with the press -- she once invited a reporter to step outside to settle their differences -- though it didn't seem to have much effect.
MUCH OBLIGED 2008
strev commented on the word tried
stir in truth and you've got it made.
April 12, 2009