Synonyms for tried
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1. tested, tried, well-tried(adj)

   tested and proved useful or correct

   "a tested method"

   Synonyms:
   tested, well-tried, tried and true, time-tested

   Antonyms:
   unproved, unreliable, undependable, unproven

2. tested, time-tested, tried, tried and true(adj)

   tested and proved to be reliable

   Synonyms:
   tested, well-tried, tried and true, time-tested

   Antonyms:
   unreliable, undependable, unproven, unproved

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1. List of paraphrases for "tried":

   attempted, sought, judged, endeavoured, tempted, prosecuted, deemed, guysfelt, tested, treaty, striven, strived, considered, dabbled

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How to use tried in a sentence?

1. John Davidson Rockefeller, Sr.:

   I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

2. Gilles Peress:

   They were the only ones who stayed, they were the only ones who tried to get in. They were the only ones who didn't run away. ... And they were doing it clearly against all odds. It was a desperate situation but they were there.

3. Marlene Schwartz:

   It really was an example of people in the community making changes themselves, it wasn't like outside researchers came in and tried to impose something on them. They really did it themselves.

4. John DeCicco:

   The EPA is in a real bind, congress wrote a law mandating imaginary fuels. These have failed to materialize in any quantity. Congress tried to codify wishful thinking.

5. Sam Smith:

   Before I made this record, I was doing everything to try and get my music heard, i tried to lose weight, and I was making awful music, and it was only until that I started to be myself that the music started to flow and people started to listen.

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