He didn't try and test my strength, which some lycanthropes will do.
For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against.
One after another, each knight tried his strength and skill at arms.
Bond thought that he would like to try his strength against hers.
I got off the bed to try my strength and nearly fell.
"You had to win in such a way that the rest of us would not try your strength," Samuel said.
The same evening afforded him an opportunity of trying his strength.
It may be that now they would try their strength.
Even so, I'll try with all my strength to change him into one of us.
"Do they propose to try our strength, after what we have just done?"