The phrase "and tried to devise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort to create or formulate something, often in a problem-solving context.
Example: "She faced a challenging situation and tried to devise a plan that would lead to a successful outcome."
Alternatives: "and attempted to create" or "and sought to formulate".
Confucius and other pre-Qin thinkers viewed the traditional political institutions of China as bankrupt and tried to devise a rationale for something to replace them.
Mesmer was succeeded by Jean-Martin Charcot in France, and later Sigmund Freud in Vienna, each of whom sought to identify the nonphysical causes of their patients' symptoms and tried to devise cures outside of chemical pills and surgical procedures.
Funds are trying to distinguish themselves by focusing on countries (Japan and China) or instruments (emerging-market currencies).Many managers have learned lessons from the trauma of the past few downturns and tried to devise ways to cope with the volatility of Asian markets.
Shankly also worked on set pieces such as throw-ins and tried to devise a method of counter-attacking from corners conceded.
Besides being a manager, she is also an investor, putting her own money into Phillips and trying to devise a plan to make it profitable.
Early daguerreotypists were like chefs, each tinkering with the standard recipe for preparing and developing plates and trying to devise new ways to streamline the photographic process.
The Colts enjoyed a bye week and spent that time trying to work on turnover-free football (it is minus-4 in turnover differential) and trying to devise a way to make its defense stiffer.
Mayoral advisers say they are examining the contract, and trying to devise the best way to find real jobs for former welfare recipients, but aren't convinced that a permanently subsidized work force is the answer.
Hunkering down and trying to devise new and improved reasons that Dakota would be superior to North Dakota is a diverting pastime, an indigenous sport no less absorbing than ice fishing or curling, and it offers the deep satisfaction that comes with committing oneself to a perpetual struggle.
"This is a guy who will look at a problem and tries to devise some sort of intellectual structure that explains it," said Burton G. Malkiel, a Princeton economist who worked closely with him in the late 1980's to analyze the financial markets' crash of 1987.
The researchers may analyze different strategies adopted by the teachers and try to devise novel ways for students to improve their composition skills.
