The phrase "attempt briefly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to suggest making a short effort or trying something in a concise manner.
Example: "In this section, I will attempt briefly to summarize the main points of the article."
Alternatives: "try briefly" or "make a brief attempt".
The end of the book, in particular, goes in for some mild score-settling over the steely manoeuvres by which Janis Freedman Bellow Saull's fifth wife) wrested control over Saul's life and legacy, and her apparent attempt – briefly successful – to turn the old man against his sons.
Whereas a discussion of the extensive literature of the immune status in pregnancy is outside the scope of the present review, it is important to attempt briefly to follow the time-course of changes in the immune status in parallel with those in Trp metabolism discussed above to establish the role or response of the latter to changes in the former.
On the Ridge Lea cam pus, strikers attempted briefly to stop shuttle buses taking stu dents to classes there, but abandoned the attempt after consultation with the Strike Committee.
As the Knicks misfired from long range, the Nets made 14 of their 24 3-point attempts, briefly overcoming a season-long hindrance.
He attempts briefly to have sex with one of the other women there, but began to cry instead, and leaves...The fellows at the dinner didn't notice any difference..
He attempts briefly to have sex with one of the other women there, but began to cry instead, and leaves...The fellows at the dinner didn't notice any difference.
In high school in Kanazawa he studied Chinese Confucian, Neo-Confucian and Daoist classics, learned to read English and German, excelled in mathematics, and attempted briefly to penetrate works of Hegel and Kant.
About those last two slides: they're an attempt to briefly summarize the state of play on unemployment benefits and actual unemployment.
They supported a coup attempt that briefly ousted the president in 2002, and notoriously failed to cover demonstrations calling for his return.
Now that we appear to have the whole of Sebald's creative output before us, it is natural to inquire more closely into what constitutes his particular style and to attempt, however briefly, a characterisation of it.
He was put on hold, then asked to call back, but finally he got through on the third attempt, speaking briefly to Manuela and then to Maria Victoria and his son.
