The phrase "attempt to relieve" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing efforts to alleviate a problem, discomfort, or burden.
Example: "The doctor made an attempt to relieve the patient's pain with medication."
Alternatives: "try to ease" or "make an effort to alleviate".
"Young people volunteered to go out and try to help, doctors and nurses did go out to offer their services in an attempt to relieve the suffering.
After commanding a corps in the attempt to relieve Vienna on Oct. 30, 1848, he was placed in command of the Hungarian forces on the upper Danube River.
After the Korean War stalemate, the release of the four was seen as an attempt to relieve tension between Communist China and the United States.
The concept of the 311 system was born in the late 1990's under the Clinton administration in an attempt to relieve the burden on the 911 emergency system from people who used it in nonemergencies.
Often there is a desire to play down significant fixtures in an attempt to relieve the pressure but Alan Curbishley has called these "must-win games" and Magnusson shares this view.
Accordingly, the railroad, the busiest commuter line in the country, has been relegated to a distinctly minor role in the emerging Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan that will reshape the region's transit systems in an attempt to relieve roadway congestion.
Attempts to relieve pain typically address both the physiological and the psychological aspects of pain.
Attempts to relieve the pressure by pumping down heavy fluids, known as drilling mud, were unsuccessful.
When he finally attempted to relieve embattled Florence, he suffered defeat at Gavinana (Aug. 3, 1530).
Attempts to relieve some of the financial burden have included tricking their mother into signing up for food stamps.
