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trying on

VERB

evaluate, test

Synonyms

WEAK

appraise audition check out demonstrate experiment fit give a try have a dry run have a fitting inspect practice probe prove put into practice put to the test sample scrutinize taste try for size wear

Antonyms

WEAK

abstain

VERB

evaluate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

check out wear

WEAK

appraise audition demonstrate experiment fit inspect practice probe prove sample scrutinize taste test try out

Example Sentences

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“You couldn’t not scream,” Robbie says about trying on each piece.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

The stores feature full-length mirrors that Jacobson says customers have been using both for trying on the glasses and for taking selfies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

But back then, pictures of Epstein and Lord Mandelson trying on belts in a clothes shop, and blowing out candles on a birthday cake were in the public domain.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Salma Shah, from Watford, Hertfordshire, said that in January, she had been trying on wedding dresses days before her diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

“It is not particularly trying on my imagination.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern