The phrase "an effort to emphasize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action taken to highlight or draw attention to a particular point or idea.
Example: "The speaker made an effort to emphasize the importance of teamwork during the presentation."
Alternatives: "a attempt to highlight" or "an endeavor to stress".
Packer notes Clinton's invocation of Lyndon Johnson in an effort to emphasize her political experience over Obama's.
The Royal Opera also announced plans for at least 15 new works through that year both at the main theater and at its smaller Linbury Studio Theater, part of an effort to emphasize contemporary opera.
Some Islamists were unhappy about Riyadh's proclamation that it would make major changes to the Saudi educational system in an effort to emphasize the spirit of modernity, nonviolence, and cooperation with non-Muslims that was dictated by Muslim teachings.
And an autonomous digital arm of the organization, called ABC Interactive, will be absorbed into the Alliance for Audited Media, in an effort to emphasize how intrinsic its digital operations are to its overall mission.
Frank Bruni (NYT THEE CONVENTIONS DIVERSITY ON THE DAIS In an effort to emphasize diversity, the Republican National Committee has picked three members of Congress -- a Hispanic, an African-American and a woman -- for leadership roles at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.
The Parkland students were now joined by a coalition of speakers from all over the country, an effort to emphasize that the weak gun laws that result in school shootings also cause the everyday gun violence to which Americans have shown themselves inured.
Morishige said the changes were part of a coordinated effort to emphasize faster transitions into permanent housing, with housing specialists working to locate housing and build relationships between landlords and shelters.
Orthodox accounts of contract marshal the doctrinal features of contract law that resist assimilation to tort in a separate effort to emphasize that theoretical accounts of contract must accommodate contract's character as chosen obligation.
So both at the Ministry of Education and on the campuses, officials made a special effort to emphasize to the Fulbrighters and other foreign teachers, especially Americans, that their presence was very welcome.
It's not uncommon for them to be exaggerated in a really bad effort to emphasize credibility.
In the revised manuscript, we have made a more strenuous effort to emphasize the novelty of the approach and the findings.
