I even tried once or twice to see it from their point of view.
He was not to be tried for the same crime twice.
I have tried twice to be married and couldn't do it either time.
During the night, the handle was tried at least twice.
Over the last 29 years, he has been tried twice without being convicted.
"Neither does the president, but you men have tried twice to kill him."
Thus one can be tried twice for the same alleged crime.
He tried twice to cut it in half, but both times the head slipped out.
Washington tried twice to break into the end zone, but they failed both times.
Its residents twice tried to change this decision (in 1952 and 1975), but without success.