tried-and-true

Example Sentences

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For some listeners, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” may seem like an unwelcome shift away from the tried-and-true pop sensibilities of “Harry’s House.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

And the top gifting categories do remain the tried-and-true ones, according to the NRF — namely, candy, greeting cards, flowers, jewelry and treating your loved one to an evening out.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

It seems to me no coincidence that Schwarzenegger, who arrived as a political novelty, was replaced by Jerry Brown, who was as politically tried-and-true as they come.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

In this analogy, the conveyor belt is made of conventional software—those tried-and-true existing pathways for data, which many companies have built up over years, or even decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Sometimes kids used MSN Messenger to connect, but mostly we used the tried-and-true, the one and only, the magical portal that was AOL Instant Messenger.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi