tries in English

noun
1
an effort to accomplish something; an attempt.
Mitterrand was elected president on his third try
2
an act of touching the ball down behind the opposing goal line, scoring points and entitling the scoring side to a goal kick.
We can find out about games played, tries scored, goals kicked, brothers and fathers, referees, captains and so on.
verb
1
make an attempt or effort to do something.
he tried to regain his breath
synonyms:attemptendeavorventuremake an effortexert oneselfstrivedo one's bestdo one's utmostmove heaven and earthundertakeaimtake it upon oneselfhave a gogive it one's best shotbend over backwardsbust a gutdo one's damnedestpull out all the stopsgo all outknock oneself outessay

Use "tries" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "tries" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "tries", or refer to the context using the word "tries" in the English Dictionary.

1. Tries anything?

2. As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man. 

3. Poverty tries friends.

4. Those tries were elaborate.

5. Kill anyone who tries.

6. Small print tries the eyes.

7. SAUL again tries to capture David.

8. He always tries to touch me.

9. Computer just tries every possible combination-

10. Mark tries to restrain his impatience.

11. This malady tries me so much.

12. He tries to cash in on me.

13. He always tries to please his father.

14. He made wild tries at phonetic spelling.

15. Prosperity makes friends and Adversity tries them

16. Jephthah tries to negotiate with the Ammonites.

17. He tries to induce me to stay.

18. He won't win however hard he tries.

19. • Shelly Constantly tries to impress her boss

20. The Church tries to promote racial harmony.

21. A liar usually tries to conceal his untruthfulness.

22. She tries to simulate randomness without a coin.

23. I had three tries and failed each time.

24. She tries to ground her son in arithmetic.

25. He tries to grub out his family history.

26. Mr. Green tries to apple-polish his boss.

27. US School Tries to Build Healthier Food Culture

28. Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 

29. 12 An alert observer tries to avoid distractions.

30. 10 Our subconscious mind tries to protect us.

31. 8 A bighorn lamb tries its mountaineering skills.

32. Father tries to cultivate my love for art.

33. Bashful tries to get Sneezy to smell the flowers

34. If anyone else even tries, security is automatically informed.

35. The released criminal always tries to evade the police.

36. He always tries to keep in with his neighbours.

37. He also often tries to kill Bendee, always unsuccessfully

38. The second tries looking for happiness in physical strength.

39. I'll mess with anybody tries to punk me out.

40. He tries to spell out how we do it.

41. The Sanitary Board tries to stamp out the epidemic.

42. When the Chinchilla tries to eat it is dribbling

43. 1 Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 

44. She tries to remain emotionally detached from her patients.

45. He tries to shuffle his work off onto others.

46. OPEC often tries to influence prices by restricting production.

47. If anyone tries, tell the cops to shoot them.

48. She tries to pull down the patient’s raised arm.

49. He always tries to cultivate rich and famous people.

50. An Aardvark tries to catch one ant without success.