Parents tried various methods to calm the baby.

Meaning: The parents did different things to make the baby stop crying.

Choice of Words: Parents are the people who take care of a child. Tried means to make an effort to do something. Various means different or many. Methods are ways of doing something. This sentence describes how the parents tried different ways to make the baby calm.

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