The phrase "an attempt to echo" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to replicate or reflect something, such as an idea, sentiment, or style.
Example: "The artist's latest work is an attempt to echo the themes of nature found in her previous pieces."
Alternatives: "a bid to reflect" or "an effort to replicate".
Despite its deliberate archaic sound and its attempt to echo the original text's peculiarities, the King James version was accessible.
It's all very slick and expert, but Simon's purported attempt to echo the forces of nature in the systems of software goes too far.
The father and son relationship is presented in flashbacks (a storytelling device that attempts to echo the disorder of Nic's brain, but which often feels confusing; more than once I was left wondering when a particular scene was supposed to have occurred).
"Jeb should've embraced his age and wisdom a bit more rather than attempting to echo the antics of the circus around him," said one Republican operative, who requested anonymity to discuss the race freely.
In VH-1's defense, I have noticed that they are at least attempting to echo back to what I consider its golden age.
While Eminem has attempted to echo the views of some on the left with his sharply critical lyrics slamming Trump for racism, Kid Rock has gone off on right-wing rants against "fake news" and the "extreme left," and maintained his support for the president.
(The Act is known in Italy by its English-language term - in an attempt to sound dynamic and to echo President Barack Obama's own 2011 American Jobs Act).
The report's other recommendations echo a 2000 COSEPUP report in calling for a streamlining of background checks and a swifter approval process in an attempt to prevent prominent scientists from declining government service.
She describes most of the lyrics as an attempt to "[communicate] with someone," but whatever she's trying to convey to that person is invariably garbled by echo.
