tried
tested and proved useful or correct
How often you will meet it
Rank 489 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 41,964 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.020% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- tested and proved useful or correct also: tested, well-tried a tested method
- tested and proved to be reliable also: tested, time-tested, tried and true
tried in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mrs. Ferguson tried the door, and knocked.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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He tried to advance nearer to it, gropingly.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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I've tried them all, my wife is very ill.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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For half an hour I tried to pray as the beads of agony rolled down my forehead and bathed my face.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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You are not in the least like him, and you will have reason to repent leaving tried to pass for him.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1