use strict;
use warnings;
use v5.12;

my @array = (
    "First try this.",
    "Second try that.",
    "Third tried another.",
    "Fourth tried this last.",
);

if( @array ~~ m/tried/p ) {
    say ${^PREMATCH} . ${^MATCH} . ${^POSTMATCH};
}

##</code><code>##

Third tried another.