tried

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“
I tried--tried t' make Walsh.

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  1. verb Past tense and past participle of try.
  2. adjective Thoroughly tested and proved to be good or trustworthy.
  3. adjective Made to undergo trials or distress. Often used in combination: a much-tried teacher.

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  • Some must even have tried, as they have tried with me …  No! —  Maigret and the Black Sheep - Georges Simenon - 86
  • His name was dropped from the official payroll until his case could be tried, and a little later he was peremptorily discharged. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers, V9
  • But he tried, all the same, and blew his brains out. —  Murder Must Advertise
  • The known methods are tried, and they will be true. —  MacDonald, John D. - Wine of the Dreamers (v1.0) (html)
  • The black-haired ones who are strange They will be stopped I have tried, my brothers, to show them the errors of their ways. —  MacDonald, John D. - Wine of the Dreamers (v1.0) (html)
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  1. Early modern English also tryed; from Middle English tried, tryed; from try + -ed.
 

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