The phrase "an attempt to highlight" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to emphasize or draw attention to a particular point or issue.
Example: "The report is an attempt to highlight the importance of sustainable practices in our industry."
Alternatives: "an effort to emphasize" or "a bid to underscore".
It is an attempt to highlight an almost forgotten period of history, through personal narrative.
This case study was carried out in an attempt to highlight potential process pitfalls and to optimise overall reactor design.
3.51pm: My colleague Sam Jones has been looking into an anecdote employed by Cameron during two of the leaders' debates in an attempt to highlight public sector waste.
Londoners have been sharing their renting nightmares on social media in an attempt to highlight the issue during the mayoral elections, writes Shane Hickey.
There was public outrage at his performance, which he described as an attempt to highlight the "pandemic of car-keying in the area".
Famous for: Coming out as gay in 2009 in an attempt to highlight the homophobia he claimed was rampant in sport.
It is merely an attempt to highlight the parameters of most interest to the designer who is using the part the way it was intended.
The present review is an attempt to highlight the current status and possible avenues to develop aphid resistance in Brassicaceae crops.
Additionally, there is an attempt to highlight the differences between the real healing and other recoverable phenomena in viscoelastic materials which has been ignored in many studies.
He also brought in undercover units to crack down on small-time offenders such as fare-beaters and smokers in an attempt to highlight intolerance of even the slightest subway crime.
The present work is an attempt to highlight the conditions for the reforming unit and the problems related to working with streams having high contents of sulphur and alkali metals.
