well-tried
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“You’ll need extremely strong evidence and a very well-tried case, and even then, you may not get what you’re looking for if you want a conviction.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2021
Kaveh: You know I had these well-tried psychic algorithms for despair and I had these well-tried psychic algorithms for pure ecstasy, right.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
The world has a well-tried set of mechanisms for coping with such situations.
From Economist ● Jul. 5, 2018
For this ailment, well-tried cure-alls proved to be of little use.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2016
He died four days afterwards; honored and deeply regretted by his brothers in arms, as a meritorious and well-tried soldier.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
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