(1) Sadly, the idea of the game has been tried and tested so many times it seems old hat now.(2) I know six or seven of the lads who have been tried and tested and the rest of the team look a good set.(3) The formula is a tried way of expressing satirical disaffection.(4) In 1846 Thoreau climbed a route of his own making, instead of following a tried way, and didn't make it this far.(5) novel applications of tried-and-tested methods(6) a tried-and-true recipe
📺 Word Example from TV Shows

He's a TRIED and tested battle commander.
Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 6

when Professor Rothman TRIED
to have intercourse
The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 17

Well, ah, remember when you TRIED to learn
how to swim using the Internet?
The Big Bang Theory Season 2, Episode 13

There's still 93 ways
she hasn't TRIED yet.
The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 5

and then when I TRIED
to say something,
The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 10