Example sentences for: untried

How can you use “untried” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A native caution is typical of many, like Better da ill kent [known] as da guid untried , which roughly parallels the old saying Better the devil you know... but expressed rather more forcefully.

  • Voucher programs currently cover only 0.1 percent of students, so school choice is an untried solution to education's ills.

  • Pope Julius II took a calculated risk in 1508 when he called in a relatively untried 26-year-old to do the interior decoration of his new apartments.

  • Critics are amused but not impressed: It's an "energetic and diverting sports soap opera" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Al Pacino plays an aging coach whose balance is upset when his two top quarterbacks get injured and he's forced to put in the untried Jamie Foxx--in a "standout performance" (Mike Clark, USA Today ). From here the film "develops into a kind of mega- Rocky " (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ) complete with crucial last-minute plays.

  • "I'm very troubled that a public election is going to occur with an untried, unproven technology," said Deborah Philips, who studies online voting issues for the Voting Integrity Project.


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