Her skin tingled as the magic they tried to raise washed over her.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
But at the lunch some feller came up, tried to speak to Mrs Pavane, but she just wiped him.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2001)
In other languages
tried
British English: tried ADJECTIVE
tried and tested | tried and trusted | tried and trueTried is used in the expressions tried and tested, tried and trusted, and tried and true, which describe a product or method that has already been used and has been found to be successful.
These traditional recipes are all tried and tested.
American English: tried
Brazilian Portuguese: testado
Chinese: 经过检验的
European Spanish: probado
French: qui a fait ses preuvesN
German: bewährt
Italian: provato
Japanese: 試験済みの
Korean: 테스트를 통해 효능이 입증된
European Portuguese: testado
Latin American Spanish: probado
All related terms of 'tried'
try
If you try to do something, you want to do it, and you take action which you hope will help you to do it.
try for a point
to make an effort or attempt
well-tried
A well-tried treatment , product, or method is one that has been used many times before and so is known to work well or to be successful .
tried and true tried and trusted
Tried is used in the expressions tried and tested , tried and trusted , and tried and true , which describe a product or method that has already been used and has been found to be successful .
try on
If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on to see if it fits you or if it looks nice .
tried-and-tested
recognized as reliable ; found to be successful
try out
If you try something out , you test it in order to find out how useful or effective it is or what it is like.
try out for
If you try out for a sports team or an acting role , you compete or you perform a test in an attempt to be chosen .