The phrase "an attempt to convert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to change someone's beliefs, opinions, or behaviors, often in contexts like religion, marketing, or persuasion.
Example: "The organization launched an attempt to convert more people to their cause through community outreach programs."
Alternatives: "an effort to change" or "a bid to persuade".
It's the difference between an attempt to convert and an attempt to bear witness.
It's also an attempt to convert what is a waste product flue gases into marketable products.
The Manichaean Church from the beginning was dedicated to vigorous missionary activity in an attempt to convert the world.
"The opposite was done, with the consolidation coming first and then an attempt to convert them in real banks, which is still problematic and under way".
Coal tar remained a complex and poorly understood substance on the day Perkin made an attempt to convert an artificial base into natural alkaloid quinine.
For the nonfiction obsessive I'd place True Grit by Charles Portis in their Christmas stocking in an attempt to convert them.
One had been altered to allow a larger magazine than the 10-round maximum allowed under California law, and someone had made an unsuccessful attempt to convert the other from semiautomatic to a fully automatic machine gun.
Although the practice dated back generations in Malaysia, recently many Muslims had expressed the suspicion that Christians were referring to their God as Allah in a surreptitious attempt to convert Muslims, an illegal activity in Malaysia.
After a vain attempt to convert their peninsula into an island, the Cnidians submitted to the Persians soon after 546 bc; they supported Athens in the Delian League against Persia but revolted against Athens in 412.
The countersuit stated that Activision had dropped the game after its merger with Vivendi and a failed attempt to convert the game into a Guitar Hero sequel.
It's this pretty sentiment that reveals Mr. Richards's racist mind-set, not his flinging the "n" word around in a clumsy attempt to convert his loss of control into a "merely" tasteless and politically incorrect riff.
