The phrase "an attempt to delay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action or effort made to postpone or slow down a process or event.
Example: "The defendant's lawyer made an attempt to delay the trial by requesting additional evidence."
Alternatives: "an effort to postpone" or "a move to defer".
Mrs. Welch's lawyers said the request for confidentiality was an attempt to delay a settlement.
The platinum coin is an attempt to delay a reckoning that we unfortunately need to have.
But Dying with Dignity Victoria is worried a conservative government may mean an attempt to delay or repeal the laws.
At one point his case was transferred from Newark to Philadelphia in what his lawyer said was an attempt to delay his case further.
Democrats say that Republicans are challenging one in five ballots in Palm Beach County as an attempt to delay the process.
Both had denied any guilt, and both slashed their wrists this week in what appeared to be an attempt to delay the verdict.
"It is a pointless attempt to delay an inevitable move that will be taken in Jersey one day and States members should have the courage of the convictions and not delay it simply because it is an election year," he said.
Mr. Gramm, one of the most influential lawmakers on S.E.C. policy, did not say whether he would support a Congressional attempt to delay a federal rule.
Earlier this year, state legislators defeated an industry attempt to delay the 2008 start date in those counties.
"This has all the indicators of an 11th hour character assassination and a desperate attempt to delay and defeat the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, who has a sterling reputation in his community, his profession, his church and among hundreds of friends, colleagues and co-workers," Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director at Judicial Crisis Network said in a statement.
Microsoft lawyers have denied accusations by critics that its appeal to the Supreme Court is a frivolous attempt to delay the case and blunt its impact on a new operating system, Windows XP, which will begin appearing in new computers in September.
