2. Noun. (plural of trie) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of try) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tries
1. try [v] - See also: try
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tries
Literary usage of Tries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... stroll on again here. Their presence is the only thing that spoils the end of
the comedy. 2'Jessica, greedy to the last, tries to snatch the ..."
2. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"CHAPTER XL MAGGIE tries TO SUN AAV AY FEOM HER SHADOW. MAGGIE'S intentions, as
usual, were on a larger scale than Tom had imagined. ..."
3. The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura (1906)
"Taoism accepts the mundane as it is and, unlike the Confucians and the Buddhists,
tries to find beauty in our world of woe and worry. ..."
4. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"No toil, no hardship can restrain Ambitious man, inur'd to pain; The more confin'd,
the more he tries, And at forbidden quarry flies. ..."
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