Tried

Examples

• He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I think I must have tried about everything in those books. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Elinor tried to talk of something else; but Miss Steele could not be kept beyond a couple of minutes, from what was uppermost in her mind. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I even tried poetry. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His opponents tried to badger him in every way they could, and ridicule even his modest statements. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A party that tried to answer every conflicting interest would stand still because people were pulling in so many different directions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I tried vainly, in the gathering darkness, to see his face. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Milton tried to see the first woman; but, Cary, he saw her not. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Miss Ophelia hastened into the room, and tried to raise and silence her; but in vain. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And Amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She tried to hold me again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The place was so difficult to get over, that he tried again. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I was firmly convinced that he ought not to marry you--therefore I tried to dissuade him by all the means in my power. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Long I tried to catch his eye. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He got a copy of Parker's School Philosophy, an elementary book on physics, and about every experiment in it he tried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I tried to reach the porch of a great building near, but the mass of frontage and the giant spire turned black and vanished from my eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I see you have tried it by yourself, Mr Wegg,' he says when he does speak. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Yes, Mother, and when I go home I mean to have a corner in the big closet to put my books and the copy of that picture which I've tried to make. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• In the chill air, in the dim light, in the gloomy morning silence of the house, we three sat down together, and tried to eat, tried to talk. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And the experiment must not be tried; I tell you it would fail. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I suppose you have looked all round and tried all honest means? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have tried to warn you of this; now, have I not? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I have tried to get on a little better under Mrs General's instruction, and I hope I am not quite so dull as I used to be. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I tried a second time to run out and find Laura, but my head was giddy and my knees trembled under me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• There was some discomfiture in his tone as he resumed, though he tried to conceal it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Confused, Mr. Huskisson tried to go around the open door of the carriage, which projected over the opposite rail. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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