essay
noun
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
has essayed
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present perfectof essay (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Her win was celebrated especially as a triumph for women who don’t readily fit into a social mold, given the wide-ranging and often risky roles Youn has essayed since she began acting in 1966.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2021
Timidly but often he has essayed the subject to his superior, Minister of Justice Louis Barthou.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now he has essayed what his book's subtitle calls "a history of heroes of the imagination."
From Time Magazine Archive
As Aeschylus wrote the tragedy of Agamemnon's homecoming, so Mr. Erskine has essayed the comedy of Menelaus' return.
From Time Magazine Archive
Searching for the Man who lives in him was perhaps what he really meant, because certainly no beast has essayed the boundless, infinitely inventive art of human hatred.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
