The phrase "a profound attempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or deep effort made towards achieving something.
Example: "The researchers made a profound attempt to understand the complexities of human behavior."
Alternatives: "a significant effort" or "a deep endeavor."
It may not sound like the first priority for feminism, to make sure the rape scenes on the BBC are fresh, but it is in originality that we see the profound attempt to empathise, without which violence is conjured in bad faith.
A Culture of Corruption is a profound and sympathetic attempt to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead--or just survive--in a society riddled with corruption.
The entertaining adventures are a cover for an attempt at a profound cultural subversion, and for the most part, it works.
The attempt has a profound effect on seven teenagers, who are all in various stages of coming to terms with their sexuality.
Being very self-reliant and with a profound interest, the science gifted attempt to acquire skills related to the area of interest.
For the past year, Donald Trump has repeatedly denied the existence of a profound national security threat: Russia's attempt to interfere in the 2016 election on his behalf.
In Turkey, the solidification of national power by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's following the July 2016 coup attempt is having a profound impact on civil society, and Turkish academics.
I also have a profound ambivalence toward the smug liberal attempt to both sympathize with and ridicule those who hold these attitudes.
As the week's firestorm evolved over these remarks at which I was an accidental observer, I have reflected upon the regrettable irony that has emerged from Senator Obama's response to a friendly question: no good effort at intelligent analysis, candor -- and what I heard as an attempt to convey a profound understanding of both what people feel and why they feel it - goes unpunished.
