The phrase "an effort to defend" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an attempt or action taken to protect or support a particular position, idea, or individual.
Example: "The organization launched an effort to defend the rights of marginalized communities."
Alternatives: "a bid to protect" or "an attempt to safeguard".
Selig also made an effort to defend the deal.
The Democrat tours such places while barely making an effort to defend states that are currently in his column.
The new KFC campaign sounds like an effort to defend its core offering of chicken on the bone, he added.
Mr. Geritano was also cut several times on his arms, possibly in an effort to defend himself, the police said.
During the Sui dynasty (581 618) the Great Wall was repaired and improved seven times in an effort to defend the country against attacks from the Tujue.
"We are making an effort to defend his innocence, but we have no idea whether it will be successful," Mr. Shang said.
Yet this is neither a whiny nor an angry-at-the-fates book, but rather a helter-skelter romp, an episodic effort to defend, explain and understand a life.
The I.M.F.'s chief, Horst Kohler, emerged from a breakfast meeting with President Abdurrahman Wahid and briskly dispelled speculation that the I.M.F. would agree to an Indonesian effort to defend its faltering currency, the rupiah, by placing controls on the currency.
The U.S. government is mounting an unprecedented effort to defend the integrity of the 2016 presidential election Tuesday as hackers threaten to undermine the process at an unprecedented level.
The only bright spot of the day came in the immediate aftermath of the hearings when a group of leaders of major U.S. religious communities and organizations came together to announce the formation of "Shoulder to Shoulder" -- an interfaith effort to defend American Muslims.
In a break from his preparations for the Formula One season, which starts with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on 20 March, Palmer made a noble effort to defend "Crashtor" Maldonado's driving, though a fleeting grin rather undermined his best intentions.
