The phrase "and attempted to recreate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to reproduce or bring back something that existed before, such as an event, artwork, or experience.
Example: "The artist studied the original painting closely and attempted to recreate its vibrant colors and intricate details."
Alternatives: "and tried to replicate" or "and sought to reproduce".
Then, inspired by a slow-roasted pork dish I'd cooked at work a few days earlier, I threw a dinner party and attempted to recreate the preparation.
Transitioning from slip production to use, the class divided into groups and attempted to recreate the thin, raised relief lines, the thicker, flatter contour lines, and the wide, even fill lines typical of painted Greek ceramics.
Soon musicians began to refer (at first indirectly, and later explicitly) to the drug and attempted to recreate or reflect the experience of taking LSD in their music, just as it was reflected in psychedelic art, psychedelic literature and film.
Eastwood had clear childhood memories of 1930s Los Angeles and attempted to recreate several details in the film: the town hall, at the time one of the tallest buildings in the city; the city center, which was one of the busiest in the world; and the "perfectly functioning" Pacific Electric Railway, the distinctive red streetcars of which feature closely in two scenes.
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan was influenced by Isn't Anything upon its release and attempted to recreate its sound on the band's debut album Gish (1991), particularly the closing track "Daydream" which Corgan described as "a complete rip-off of the My Bloody Valentine sound".
It has the precise dimensions of the Parthenon, is oriented to face it directly on the hillside opposite, and attempts to recreate the outer series of metopes showing mythological battles and the inner frieze depicting a procession of Athenians paying homage to Athena.
In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut set out to do just that, by starting with a few dozen silver foxes from fox farms in the USSR and attempting to recreate the evolution of wolves into dogs in real time in order to witness the process of domestication.
It's like enjoying an incredible dish at a restaurant then going home and attempting to recreate it -- the overall flavor is there, but something's still missing.
In his VICE On TV show, NUTS + BOLTS, the artist and entrepreneur figures out how his favourite things are made, and attempts to recreate them himself.
Well, if you have, you have that in common with Tyler, the Creator, who has just shared the trailer for his upcoming VICELAND show NUTS + BOLTS, which will follow the artist and entrepreneur figuring out how his favorite things are made, and attempting to recreate them himself.
The other day, when I found large squid at the fish market, that dish from long ago immediately came to mind, and I attempted to recreate it.
