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
One thing is certain, he now allowed a well-tried, and honest old servant, to be put on the wrong side of the door.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard
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