1
: found good, faithful, or trustworthy through experience or testing
a tried recipe
2
: subjected to trials or distress
a kind but much-tried father
Examples of tried in a Sentence
a tried and trusted friend
a tried method for catching sport fish
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Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Dehydrating is a tried and true method that has many positive benefits for your health and budget.
—Jordan Liberty Phillips, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025
This makes Warhol a dubstep counterpart to the Looney Tunes resurgence, a giddy revitalization of the tried and true in a moment where our resistance to such appeals has worn thin.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
And that means the tried and true enticement: lower costs.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tried
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“Tried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tried. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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