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Trey


Definition:

  • (n.) Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) After an observation period of 1 month, bacteria were found on the pulpal wall in two out of 10 cavities beneath Fluoritec and four out of 10 cavities beneath Durelon solid mixed, De Trey phosphate cement solid or creamy mixed.
  • (2) Republican committee member Trey Gowdy, of South Carolina,asked the witness about his name.
  • (3) A cell culture method has been used to study the effect of zinc phosphate cement (De Trey's Zinc Zement Improved), zinc silicophosphate cement (Fluoro-Thin) and polycarboxylate cement (Durelon) on animal cells.
  • (4) 5 The Ring Writer Trey Parker forays into teen chastity; it weaves in a foul-mouthed, sadistic Mickey Mouse.
  • (5) Chaffetz told the AP that Representative Trey Gowdy, a South Carolina Republican, would conduct any congressional oversight hearings into the matter.
  • (6) Updated at 10.17pm BST 10.06pm BST Trey Gowdy, R-SC, acquits himself of an echoing cri de coeur: To the families, we're going to find out what happened in Benghazi and I don't give a damn whose careers are impacted.
  • (7) But then I went on tour with Trey Songz and saw him do it, and I got really competitive!"
  • (8) First he entered the Republican primary as a rank outsider against the establishment figure of Trey Grayson, a protege of powerful Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell.
  • (9) Matt Stone and Trey Parker's The Book of Mormon broke sales records and scooped up nine Tony awards in 2011, while classic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar has enjoyed various revivals since it debuted in 1970.
  • (10) Republican representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks, has accused Clinton of trying to escape scrutiny with the server.
  • (11) Trey Lyles scored 18 points and Gordon Hayward had 17 for the Jazz, who were eliminated from playoff contention shortly before tipoff by Houston’s win over the Sacramento Kings.
  • (12) Four different endodontic pastes were used: Cloropercha, AH26 De Trey, Eugenol-Endometasone, and Universal N2.
  • (13) In an ADA experiment on the protective qualities of a new polyurethane varnish (D-520 Bayer) 72 class 5 cavities were prepared on 3 monkeys and treated by the following 4 methods: -- 18 silicate cement (Bio-Trey) with varnish -- 18 silicate cement (Bio-Trey) without varnish -- 18 composite (Adaptic) fillings with varnish -- 18 composite (Adaptic) fillings without varnish.
  • (14) I thought using one device would be simpler, and obviously, it hasn’t worked out that way.” Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman leading the latest inquiry into the deadly attack on a US diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012, claims to have discovered significant gaps in a cache of Clinton’s emails that he had received.
  • (15) The group, through its website Revolutionmuslim.com, had reacted to last week's episode of South Park which first depicted Muhammad dressed as a bear by saying its originators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, "will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh".
  • (16) On Sunday the Kansas City Star reported that the couple had argued after Perkins returned late from a Trey Songz concert, citing an unnamed friend as their source.
  • (17) South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said they will refrain from “mocking everybody in government” in future episodes.
  • (18) We couldn't have asked for a better time to welcome him," said Black Hat general manager Trey Ford.
  • (19) Like Matt Groenig, creator of The Simpsons , or Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the men behind South Park , MacFarlane attacks conventional propriety from every angle, but gets away with it by disguising the assault inside a slapstick cartoon genre.
  • (20) However, the night before the wedding she is confronted with Trey's impotence.

Try


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.
  • (v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.
  • (v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.
  • (v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.
  • (v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.
  • (v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.
  • (v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.
  • (v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.
  • (v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.
  • (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
  • (v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.
  • (v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!
  • (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
  • (n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.
  • (v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It would be nice if it was more ... but I am trying."
  • (2) A remarkable deterioration of prognosis with increasing age rises the question whether treatment with cytotoxic drugs should be tried in patients more than 60 years old.
  • (3) I said: ‘Apologies for doing this publicly, but I did try to get a meeting with you, and I couldn’t even get a reply.’ And then I had a massive go at him – about everything really, from poverty to uni fees to NHS waiting times.” She giggles again.
  • (4) Try the sweet potato falafel, quinoa, roast vegetables, harissa and sumac yogurt ($23).
  • (5) Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.
  • (6) One would expect banks to interpret this in a common sense and straightforward way without trying to circumvent it."
  • (7) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (8) Pint from £2.90 The Duke Of York With its smart greige interior, flagstone floor and extensive food menu (not tried), this newcomer feels like a gastropub.
  • (9) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tried to liven things up, but there are only so many ways to tell us to be nice to chickens.
  • (10) It is felt that otologic surgery should be done before the pinna reconstruction as it is very important to try and introduce sound into these children at an early age.
  • (11) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (12) The case was tried in a town called St Francisville, the closest courthouse to Angola.
  • (13) A complex of vitamins exerting a protective action on the system of coenzymic acetylation in the body have been tried.
  • (14) The corresponding hydrides, mono-n-butyltin hydride, di-n-butyltin hydride, tri-n-butyltin hydride, monophenyltin hydride, diphenyltin hydride triphenyltin hydride, are detected by electron-capture gas chromatography after clean-up by silica gel column chromatography.
  • (15) An official from Cafcass, the children and family court advisory service, tried to persuade the child in several interviews, but eventually the official told the court that further persuasion was inappropriate and essentially abusive.
  • (16) "Maybe dullness is associated with psychic pain," Wallace wrote at one point, "because something that's dull or opaque fails to provide enough stimulation to distract people from some other, deeper type of pain that is always there, if only in an ambient low-level way, and which most of us spend nearly all our time and energy trying to distract ourselves from."
  • (17) Alternatively, try the Hawaii Fish O nights, every Friday from 26 July until the end of August, featuring a one-hour paddleboard lesson, followed by a fish-and-chip supper looking out over the waves you've just battled (£16.75).
  • (18) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
  • (19) Officials in Israel, using intermediaries in Europe, tried to reach out to Ayatollah Khamenei, via Khatami.
  • (20) In this way, we tried to find out how the patients experience the treatment and stay on the Unit, what is most helpful in solving their problems and what are, in their opinion, the direct gains of hospitalization.

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