The phrase "attempt to emphasize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to highlight or draw attention to a particular point or idea.
Example: "In her speech, she made an attempt to emphasize the importance of environmental conservation."
Alternatives: "try to highlight" or "seek to underscore".
"Amsterdam," he said, was transitional and represented an attempt to emphasize character more.
However, this paper is a first attempt to emphasize mathematical peculiarities of the Regularisation approach in space plasma observations in a general manner in order to provide a useful and versatile schema for the wide range of space plasma problems.
Part of PBS's attempt to emphasize American material, the film comes with a suspicious aura of tokenism or political correctness, but "Skinwalkers" stands on its own as a sophisticated murder mystery, embedded in a culture rarely seen on screen.
As it is, the contrast between his radiant religiosity and the grubby materialism of the Israelis seems exaggerated, and the smudged, shaky video photography feels like a deliberate attempt to emphasize the ugliness into which James is plunged.
The Symbolists' attempt to emphasize the essential and innate qualities of the poetic medium was based on their conviction of the supremacy of art over all other means of expression or knowledge.
This reminds me of what Robert Maynard Hutchins as the president of the University of Chicago did in 1939, when he eliminated varsity football from the university in an attempt to emphasize academics over athletics, calling football an "infernal nuisance" in an institution of higher learning.
At the same time, Ms. Watts points out, racist caricature appeared in her acts along with attempts to emphasize her "whiteness".
IMG, which is selling the television rights, has, according to Magyar, attempted to emphasize audience reach over a money grab.
This explains in part China's visible efforts to downplay the 1961 treaty -- efforts that contrast with North Korea's attempts to emphasize the pact's importance.
More than any legal particulars, however, Mr. Seamon is concerned that the parking lot would derail the village's nascent attempts to emphasize its past.
But Penn State and a handful of other colleges are attempting to emphasize a new approach, one in which they hardly focus on underclassmen.
