Usage of "tried and true"

Tested and proved to be reliable.

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Examples for "tried"

I tried to work through the situation from her point of view. 
 Storm front 

I tried to come up with a good answer to this question. 
 In a gilded cage 

The government has tried to attract foreign investment from Asia and Europe. 
 Reuters 

It only tried, by personal example, to set new and better standards. 
 Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations 

First I tried calling up cases with 'dismemberment' as my key word. 
 Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead 

The group's health authorities said all suspected cases there had tested negative. 
 Reuters 

Sweden actually tested out six-hour work days a couple of years ago. 
 The South African 

Countries that share common water supplies will see their diplomatic relations tested. 
 Radio NZ 

Patrick said the water main had been repaired and the water tested. 
 Reuters 

The government later confirmed the minister for culture had also tested positive. 
 Reuters 

Tonight, he decided, would restore that ancient and time-tested balance of power. 
 Orb Sceptre Throne 

It's got a time-tested design with a modern aesthetic and thoughtful updates. 
 Climbing Magazine 

For the latter, I relied on a surefire, time-tested strategy: chocolate. 
 An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 

And it's a happy new journey, because it's aimed at time-tested better ways! 
 Bardisms 

It seemed that the time-tested metaphor of passing through the fire held true. 
 The Scarlet Gospels 

Uso de tried and true em inglês

It's the tried and true way to make money in this country. 
 News.com.au 

There are rules to taking a beating, jailhouse rules, tried and true. 
 An ordinary decent criminal 

But a love that's even better is a love that's tried and true! 
 The dream of perpetual motion 

The gems are nothing, but the steel is tried and true. 
 The Adventures of Kathlyn 

All the tried and true methods of threat or blandishment had no affect. 
 Wild Justice 

He stuck with the old tried and true method of hand written notes. 
 Terminal Compromise 

Full two hundred strong were they and all picked warriors tried and true. 
 Betty Zane 

You ought to remember that, buddy-therich uncle thing is tried and true. 
 11/22/63 

Those who were there were known men, all tried and true. 
 The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo 

You're the same old tried and true, murmured Thorne Lee, shaking hands warmly. 
 The Second Violin 

How many friends, good and tried and true, could I count! 
 The Doctor's Dilemma 

Immunohistochemistry is a tried and true method for identifying specific protein in cell populations. 
 Pubmed 

And the tried and true all-white everything, everywhere, is just that: tried and done. 
 Jamaica Observer 

It's a tried and true scheme made famous by Ines and Davina before her. 
 News.com.au 

It was overwhelming, and because it was, I stuck with the tried and true. 
 Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery) 

And that tried and true standby, hands on a keyboard. 
 Wired 

Significados de tried and true em inglês