How To Use Tried In A Sentence

A few people were crying, and one girl was very sick and puking, but most people tried to stay calm.
I tried that noise she so often used in her interrogatives and she chittered a bit.
She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life. LADY BE GOOD
A couple of blokes tried to glass me in the face with a pint tumbler.
After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself.

Anybody who has tried to follow a rigorous diet will know how easy it is to lapse back into bad habits. Times, Sunday Times
Looking radiantly healthy - in contrast to her wan mien of recent months - she lucidly defended herself the interviewers tried to extract an apology from her.
So much so that when he tried out a few of his character's screen tricks on his family, they put him firmly in his place. The Sun
And at the same time the huge body tried to take the invader and enwomb it. The Gunslinger
He tried to refuse but she insisted so much that he gave in. Times, Sunday Times
He's not tried to be dishonest, he has just forgotten to mention one thing.
Having had some narrow escapes the priest was eventually arrested as a recusant priest and was tried by revolutionary Court.
The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
Alice played a clear note on the flute, picked up the piccolo and tried it.
Sensation - seeking newspapers tried to cash in on her misery.
I could see my homeboy was scared, but that little Maya tried to kick at the old man.
If you're going to resort to the tried-and-true missionary position, perform oral sex on her first or take you time to ensure she's really wet before penetrating her.
Rather than selling direct to pet owners, they initially tried the wholesale route. Times, Sunday Times
The correct designation of the early naturalists who tried to reconcile their observations with Genesis is "diluvialist. Vulcanists & Neptunists
He went crazy and tried to kill her.
I tried both the delicate, unsalty gravadlax and a tartare served with the roe and a very lemony asparagus salad.
He went on to scarify the same companies for being only interested in putting on the tried and the tested to the exclusion of modern works by Irish writers and composers.
Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably for one reason or another. The Vitality Diet
I have tried the landscaping fabric planting method on many plants, and it also works well for courgettes, tomatoes and sweetcorn. Times, Sunday Times
I tried on clothes that actually fit me and felt comfortable instead of living in denial and trying on clothing that depressed me when I couldn't get the pants above my thighs.
Adjusting one foot he ollied as high as he could and tried to land on just one set of wheels.
Jayson drew his swallow and jumped off his stead as Virgo let out a bellow as he tried to scare off the attackers.
Some feminists today debate whether women who dance around poles are liberated or enslaved, which is, to my mind (and to others), an updated version of the 1980s sex wars around which feminists of different stripes established their positions on porn," I tried. Deborah Siegel: Sex Wars Old and New
One of my dazed wits tried to tell me the odds against this actually happening.
I tried and tried and eventually I was offered a job.
I clung onto bits of ice and tried desperately to remove the harness attaching me to the sledge.
While such drinks as the Sour Appletini have been getting lots of press lately, it seems the tried and true classics still lead the pack in popularity, at least according to the latest survey of bar managers and bartenders.
As the tragedy unfolded, the eyewitness tried to find a lifebuoy.
Later presidents tried to revive it to conjure up domestic support for their beleaguered policies.
The nurse tried to catch drips before they hit the bedspread and wiped his chin after every other spoonful.
The sad fact is that if the Democrats had tried to make a big issue of the matter the press would have criticized them unmercifully for spoiling the 100th birthday celebrations of a great man with their petty partisan politics.
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
She tried to ignore the heavy irony in his voice.
He tried other doors: one opened into a former barn, now a workshop.
It was accounted an immodest thing for women to dishevel and unloose their hair publicly: The priest unlooseth the hairs of the women suspected of adultery, when she was to be tried by the bitter water, which was done for greater disgrace. From the Talmud and Hebraica
Edward III tried to assert his independence of the regime at court.
Gil probably should have thought about that and realized that a street address with the word rattlesnake in it was most likely a bad omen—that things probably wouldn’t turn out well if they tried living there. Fatal Error
Instinctively, Hunter tried to field the ball barehanded - an unfortunate decision, as it turned out - and incurred a hairline fracture to his right thumb.
As I watched him, he groaned and tried to raise his hands to his face; the chain from his wrist to his ankle manacles stopped him.
Sarah tried several times to catch Philip's eye, but he just grinned at her.
Every time that the backwoodsmen tried to stitch her up, though, she would outflank them. Times, Sunday Times
They are the result of centuries of experience and wisdom, tried and tested.
I looked heavenwards as if hoping for a miraculous infusion of patience and tried hard to conceal my irritation. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
He tried wiggling the control stick but nothing happened.
A whole battery of measures was tried in an attempt to get them to give up cigarettes.
But because of international pressure for an end to the killing of dolphins and the bloodiness of their hunting method, fishermen here have tried to keep out of the public eye.
I tried in vain to start a conversation.
The government has announced that culprits in the scandal will be tried by military court.
I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger.
He tried to push the heavy door open.
They both tried to talk of ordinary things for the few moments before that meal was announced, and then some kind of devilment seemed to come into Amaryllis -- nothing could have been more seductive or alluring than her manner, while keeping to strict convention. The Price of Things
The second trial also failed - the root crumbled every time he tried to flatten it into a thin disc for frying.
Since then thousands of artists have tried to bottle up its bright metallic sheen for themselves. The Sun
He tried to escape by diving into a river.
Pluralists have even tried to adapt Schumpeter's account, but have neglected his strong elitist account of input politics.
The Convention contained a majority of former parliamentarians but old cavaliers in the 1661 Parliament tried to modify what had been done.
In 1986 engineers of the two companies tried to reach agreement on a shared transmission.
He called the PM a failed leader and tried to partly blame him for the fiasco over failure to deport foreign prisoners. The Sun
They treated me like a manager; they tried to impress me.
More sweat fell down his stubby chin as he tried to avert his eyes away from her steady gaze.
The deputy editor had tried to be helpful.
Two tugs from Clyde coastguards tried unsuccessfully to pull the vessel clear and it was freed the next day on the early morning tide.
Trott tried to whip Lee to leg, and the ball deflected off his thigh pad and back onto the stumps without dislodging the bails. Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth
She could not become the shrill edgy hurried harridan the war had tried to make her while his square, leisurely, beflowered, inscrutable figure passed daily up and down between those pale considerable buildings. Maid in Waiting
Charlie tried to lift her head to look at the house but the wind was blowing too hard for her to do so.
I just tried to nail the last wall and have a real good kickout," said Phelps, who won five events during the four-day meet. Phelps wins three events, eyes US Trials
Manker himself tried to find the tree in 1955 but found only stumps of cut old-growth trees in the area.
The young men tried to enter a nightclub but were refused admission .
Doubt he tried to clean up there afterwards - not with all that ticker tape on the floor. The Sun
According to the report, the massacre occurred after the guerrillas had tried to force the workers to stage a strike against the company.
A police chopper tried to spot the snake from the air with its thermal imaging camera. The Sun
He tried to give her a kiss on the cheek but she resisted his advance and pushed him away from her face briskly.
It was one of the largest superlocal co-op chains of grain silos in the Midwest and aggressively tried new ventures, from raising hogs to processing soybeans for food.
I don't seek vengeance against those who tried to kill me. Times, Sunday Times
In fact, the Chief would most likely overrule me if I tried to lay one. SNOWJOB
The crew tried to drive it away, and one man fired a rifle at it.
There were periods of real heroism as Scotland tried to speed the game up, Gordon Simpson deciding to run a quick one at the outset.
Most men might as well have tried to shift the Kezankian Mountains, but the tribesman was a large man with the strength of the dying, and he caught Conan off balance. Conan and The Mists of Door
He'd come uninvited, but not unexpected; if it was rude of us to be such unsolicitous hosts, I told myself, it was only rudeness paid in kind, so we tried to forgive one another, Willie and I, for our eager, curious hunger grown insatiable. Heron Lake
I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue.
Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
I went home and tried to concentrate on some work but couldn't concentrate.
My fists clenched and unclenched as I tried to think of some comeback to scream at her but nothing came to mind.
He reloaded his shotgun to fire the second shot, which hit Ward in the back as he tried to run away.
But the organist made his profession clear by explaining that the committee had just invited him to oblige the company with a solo on the piano, but that he had been hitting the champagne so hard that he doubted if he could tell the keys from the pedals, and he added that if they'd excuse him he would go to sleep, which he immediately did with his head on the shoulder of the lady recitationist, who tactfully tried not to notice that he was there. Cinderella And Other Stories
Many hospitals deliberately tried to avoid challenging or openly discouraging the parents' hopes and expectations for a perfect or near-perfect recovery.
When they tried to arrest him, he suddenly went berserk.
Today, the PSM3 staff tried to rectify this statement by saying that "the PS3 version looks the same as on Xbox, but things in the distance are slightly jaggier / rougher, the textures seem 'muddier' up-close and the frame rate is choppier, especially during the last few story missions. Planet Xbox 360
Ks still tried to get an equaliser and there was a big shout for handball against Mangdoza from Lee's free kick.
She tried to duck out of his grip, half-succeeding, and he went off-balance.
I somehow doubt whether things would have come so far, so fast if Sir Tim or CERN had tried to make money from this whizzo Web idea. The Free Web: 15 Years Old Today
One year later, some dirtbags tried to blow up L.A. with a nuclear bomb, so Bauer had to punch in again.
The student tried to connive with her friend to cheat in the examination.
He has always tried to cock a snook at authority.
She tried to do away with herself.
Adrina had tried not to look too happy when she heard the news, but poor Tam's expression had been pathetically grateful. TREASON KEEP
She almost squirmed but the ropes wouldn't let her, and she tried to scream but the gag prevented her.
I have also tried a number of our strongest tranquilizing drugs, but nothing seems to curb his anger.
My father tried to induce me to learn Arabic poetry by heart, encouraged me, gave me prizes - also for knowledge in astronomy.
They tried to freeze the gangrene from spreading.
They have tried to put a positive spin on the situation.
He tried to get on to many trials but he just didn't fit the criteria - they are very strict. The Sun
He guessed that the original cutting stylus was defective and so he tried a custom-made reproducing stylus, instead of the usual conical or elliptical styli.
She fell to her knees and tried to stanch it with her hands, but the blood poured through her fingers. DOLL'S EYES
Although a new owner tried to restore her, the project had proved too much. Times, Sunday Times
Then I tried to get at him in many ways; but he was pretty sly and had always two prize-fighters, besides his sons and his khitmutgar, on guard over him. The Sign of Four
A brief silence followed, in which she tried to retaliate with a clever comeback and he frowned angrily at the ground.
He tried to push them off, but they had him pinned under the blanket.
It left Tadcaster a mountain to climb after the interval but to their credit they tried to make a contest of it and did well to concede only one more in the last 35 minutes.
The firebrand championing the indigenous Komi people was none other than Yury Spiridonov, an ethnically Russian oil miner and party worker, born in Omsk and educated in Sverdlovsk, who had once gotten into trouble for snapping at someone who tried to address him in Komi: “Speak in a way that can be understood.” The Return
We have always tried to make her see that the inner worth of people is what is important, not the expensive trappings on the outside.
The witness tried to give an accurate description of what she had seen.
He tried to work off the poem as his own.
I found a small hotel just off the Calle de Atocha and tried to acclimatise. The Juniper Days – Part III
As we tried to make ourselves comfortable on the uneven rock floor, a hard-faced young man in his early twenties wandered over.
We tried to confuse the enemy.
They tried to banish him from politics.
I tried to kid myself everything was normal.
They intended to sink the craft in the largest of the reef entrances, so excluding the Champlain if it tried to return to Saint-Esprit. RUSHING TO PARADISE
he tried to get her ear
It might be compared with the modern Arnhem Land maps of the same area that I tried to find later, but which were merely a patchwork of uranium leases.
She tried nibbling at the bulbous wad of meat and then at the toasted roll.
A British woman who tried to arrange the contract killing of her husband was jailed for five years on Wednesday.
I tried to study her face for some trace of the winning girl I'd known, but there was nothing left in either her drained appearance or her wheedling manner. Intervals
Special courts under such proclamations tried and punished those who transgressed against the orders of the military authority.
I always tried to "pay as you go", preferring high salaries and roster bonuses not prorated to contain Cap charges in the year of negotiation rather than building up unamortized charges into the future. Andrew Brandt: Breaking in a New Cap: The New NFL System
He sends in a message on a piece of loo roll (honestly, it's true) suggesting he had tried the sandwich and ‘I'm still in here (the thunderbox)!’
Nash tried to brake and the last thing I remember was his arm flinging out to try and stop me from flying out of the car.
I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I just couldn't I went from anger to frustration to fear to indifference.
He'd had too much to drink and tried to pick a fight with the bartender.
I caught it, glowing but heatless, the last story to ever cross that field, losing its fire like every story we'd tried to bring home from that dump. Prom Date
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He tried not to let his irritation show as he blinked in the glare of the television lights.
Unlike other high-profile cases, the oil spill litigation is not being tried before a jury. Times, Sunday Times
the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background
Amanda, in an orange sunsuit, had tried of chasing moths and was studying the peculiar afternoon shadow projected across the countryside by Bow Wow Mountain. Another Roadside Attraction
Terry stripped down to her bra and pants and tried on the dress.
Of course, once they tried to get things out, the roof had collapsed in, covering everything in sooty ashes.
I have tried to keep my reputation - to fight for my reputation - while it's been besmirched, and I have tried to do it in a way that brings honor to the House.
The printing was poor and he tried to blind me with science by saying that it was the fault of the paper and not his machine.
I tried to sink a little bit deeper in my chair, hoping no one would see me.
I took off the bustier and got dressed, grabbing all the clothes I tried on and was going to buy. Real wifeys
He tried to put a gloss on it. Times, Sunday Times
Soldiers and chaplains who tried to force religion on their comrades thus often faced ostracism.
He had tried to secure bail but the court refused for fear that he might flee before he could be brought to trial. Times, Sunday Times
It was French culture and French institutions which the Khedives had tried to adopt.
Never tried a vape.
The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.
It was a pity he would have her blood on his hands - if someone tried to connect her untimely death to him, it would be a messy situation indeed.
A personal physician first tried to resuscitate Michael Jackson at his home before paramedics arrived.
She tried to obliterate all memory of her father.
I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my brain.
The war ended in 1859, and the mutinous troops were tried and executed.
He's so adamant that however hard I tried to persuade him to join us he did not change his mind.
The soldier tried to shove past the innkeeper, but to no avail.
But then I've tried my best not to make her a panto villain. The Sun
I tried to persuade her to see a doctor. The main meaning of convince is to make someone believe that something is true:He convinced me he was right.
When another of Aegon's Great Bastards tried to seize the Iron Throne from his trueborn half-brother, Bittersteel joined the revolt.
He could see that his girlfriend had been crying even though she tried to wink her tears away.
A few times I tried to call my mind to what I was going to do, but my mind rebelled against the effort.
This particular afternoon he had tried to play the seventh hole as it should be played, and though we had both foozled, I had won the hole and romped triumphantly home with the side of pig. 32 Caliber
He rode steers for four years in the rodeo, and tried his hand at bulldogging.
He believed Mrs Letch probably tried to correct the skid but in doing so steered squarely into the path of the oncoming car.
But they were retried without being told - and convicted. The Sun
Tell your doctor if you had a seizure or got delirious when you tried to stop drinking before.
I tried to find a tactful way of telling her the truth.
Her lawyer tried to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but that was rejected.
A host of countermeasures have been devised and a few tried, such as exercise bikes and treadmills to which crew members are strapped.
Survivors tried to enter damaged carriages to rescue relatives and collect belongings, officials said. The Sun
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She knew the offers would disappear again the very moment she tried to take them up.
After high school she tried college but got thrown out for raising coonhounds in her dorm room.
Will tried to conjure up their blissful months together but before long he spiralled back down again. Times, Sunday Times
I offered to act as mediator and tried to bring about a reconciliation between the two parties.
He tried to rejuvenate himself by performing physical exercises each day.
It seems obvious, but food manufacturers were originally catering to a mainstream taste that they tried to meld together from focus groups and other research methods.
Justin was gaining up quickly; she couldn't outrun him even if she tried.
The discus was a round, flat piece of stone or metal, and the athletes tried to see who could throw it farthest. Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader
When a carload of thieves tried to steal oranges from our yard, I soon found myself outmanned and outgunned - and decided that 100 pounds of pilfered fruit is not worth your life.
She tried to cast off her upbringing.
Vicki struggled open another box of books and notebooks as she tried to forget that it had been fun.
She tried to dismiss the odd feeling of anticlimax she was experiencing.
So the Church, recognising that its irenic precepts were largely ignored, tried to reduce the savagery of war.
Laurie put the small box down on a flat rock and teasingly batted Gil's hand away as he knelt down and tried to reach inside for a sandwich.
One American, who obviously didn't want to join the queues, was fined 10,000 korunas when he tried driving across one of the closed bridges.
The first couple he tried were both profoundly deaf, and he didn't get much reaction beyond a bewildered smile.
Carly Flynn, who managed to be "the nice one" without being insipid, which is a tricky balance to manage (not that I've ever tried). Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
I tried talking to her to keep her calm while someone went to get the assistant manager of the club.
Suddenly a flutter of panic started in her stomach and she tried to pull away from her dance partner.
You killed him you killed him you... Through the clamor, I tried to think. SILENT JOE
For some time I tried to find an wise or witty one to insert at the head of my home page.
And just then began the ugliest man to gurgle and snort, as if something unutterable in him tried to find expression; when, however, he had actually found words, behold! it was a pious, strange litany in praise of the adored and censed ass. Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none
The decline came in part from a buying binge by customers in 1994 as they tried to beat 1995 price increases.
The stamp duty surcharge also meant buyers tried to close deals quickly. Times, Sunday Times
He tried to keep calm and endeavored to unhasp the casement.

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