tried
/tɹaɪd/ adjective A1- Tested, hence, proven to be firm or reliable.
- Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
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He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher.
They tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
A BULL was bitten by a Mouse and, angered by the wound, tried to capture him.
Her grief, which she had hitherto tried to restrain, now burst out in a violent fit of hysterical sobbing.
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