The phrase "attempt at studying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts made to engage in studying or learning, often implying that the effort may not have been fully successful.
Example: "Despite my attempt at studying for the exam, I still felt unprepared on test day."
Alternatives: "effort to study" or "try at studying".
I'M no Einstein, and my last attempt at studying physics back in high school was an out-and-out C-minus disaster.
Anchoring near Darwin Bay, Beebe made his first attempt at studying sea animals in their native environment by descending into the ocean in a diving helmet.
In the ensuing decades, the vision science community became progressively more interested in monkeys and small carnivores (e.g., cats) as models to study the visual system, and virtually abandoned any systematic attempt at studying visual processing in rodents.
There was an attempt at studied nonchalance when a dark-windowed Land Cruiser pulled up and he stepped out.
Other attempts at studying psychopathy have been inadequate because they were based on inferences about brain functioning not based on neuroimaging, or they had small sample sizes, Decety pointed out.
Because the intent was to evaluate the assay in the context of routine screening and the centres used were experienced at screening, no attempt at study wide control of colonoscopy or pathology procedures or quality was made.
Nicknamed "the professor" after an abortive attempt at university studies, and with distinctive looks – long blond hair, thick-lensed spectacles and a John McEnroe-style headband – the Paris-born Fignon had the cycling world briefly at his feet after winning five stages in his Renault team's total of 10 (out of a possible 23), at the age of 23.
His attempt to study at Gulu University in the Acholi sub-region was thwarted after only three days, when the institution and his home were attacked by LRA rebels.
After a failed attempt to study at the University of London, in the early 1960s Notosusanto – by then a lecturer – was contacted by General Abdul Haris Nasution and tasked with writing a history of the revolution and Madiun Affair.
We also examined lifestyle factors that could indicate intense efforts to conceive, such as intercourse frequency (categorized as <1, 1 3, and ≥4 times per week) and months attempting pregnancy at study entrance (0 1, 2 4, 5 6, and 7 12 months).
Born in Nebraska in 1965, Mr. Moran never completed high school, and an attempt to study informally at the University of Nebraska, in Lincoln, where his father was assistant dean of arts and sciences, went nowhere.
