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Definition of "retried" [retried]

  • Past tense and past participle of retry. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "retried" in a sentence
  • "The Susanville operators even called a retried guy to get infomation about the paint used on the old shelter, and they were able to point out past locations of the shelter."
  • "(By the way, I retried a kabocha squash, a true kabocha squash."
  • "AFTER THE JUMP -- Meet George Chopivsky, wannabe hospital owner -- PreventionWorks shuts down, putting anti-HIV program in peril -- Nathan deputy says some DUI cases will be retried -- Code White!"