Questioned
Tried and questioned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead the word "Questioned" as an adjective or a verb.
Tried
Tried adjective - Worthy of one's trust.
Questioned and tried are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Questioned" instead the word "Tried" as an adjective or a verb.
Both words in one sentence
- The remaining crewmembers instead try to capture one of the small asteroids circling the planet and manage to do it (it's never questioned why this idea wasn't tried first).
Source: Antimatter - Carter yanked out a patient's IV upon realizing that he'd given her a medication that she was allergic to, then hurriedly tried to claim that she had done it when questioned by another doctor.
Source: Pull the I.V. -
He appears in the 2012 film Emperor, where he is one the men on trial for war crimes, and one of those who is questioned about whether Emperor Hirohito should be tried as a war criminal.
Source: Useful Notes / Hideki Tojo
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