The phrase "and attempted to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing efforts made to evade or steer clear of something, often in a narrative or explanatory context.
Example: "She recognized the potential conflict and attempted to avoid any misunderstandings during the meeting."
Alternatives: "and tried to evade" or "and sought to prevent".
Worried, I measured the size of our heads and attempted to avoid relatives' gleeful tales of other gargantuan family births.
The leaderships of Europe's growing socialist parties were often worried by the threat of repression coming from governments and businesses, and attempted to avoid excessively confrontational demonstrations.
The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group on Monday faced criticism for the way the bailed-out bank handled mis-sold payment protection insurance and attempted to avoid liability for claims that have already topped £5bn.
Throughout the trip I was keenly aware of the moral issues involved in traveling in Myanmar, and attempted to avoid patronizing enterprises that are owned by the country's corrupt elite.
However, the new emperor was wary of the regents' behaviour and attempted to avoid their influence, leading Thuyet to organise his execution.
The British initially focused on Java and Sumatra and attempted to avoid armed confrontations with the Republican forces; the Dutch, meanwhile, spent the first months after the Japanese surrender reclaiming the eastern islands with help from Australia.
Pandemonium ensues when they mingle without knowing and attempt to avoid each other.
Depressed, unemployed and attempting to avoid the internet, he carries around a large brown envelope, stuffed full of unanswered letters from his friend Andrew in Japan, intending to reply just "as soon as something good happens" to him.
While he is ethnic Chinese, he prefers the term Tionghoa, which means "of Chinese descent" and attempts to avoid assumptions of links to the Chinese state, another prejudice sometimes thrown at the minority.
Of course, not everyone looking to get across town is interested in sparking a romance, and attempting to avoid uncomfortable social situations is a fact of life for collaborative consumption companies like Airbnb, TaskRabbit and others.
But it has been nearly five years since the last America's Cup, and while the challengers for sport's oldest major trophy have been dueling under genuine pressure for genuine points since October, Team New Zealand has been conducting dress rehearsals and attempting to avoid the pitfall of learning its lines so well that it no longer takes much pleasure in saying them.
