The phrase "attempted to check" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort made to verify or examine something.
Example: "She attempted to check the accuracy of the data before submitting her report."
Alternatives: "tried to verify" or "sought to confirm".
They attempted to check in with the F.D.N.Y. chiefs present, but were rebuffed.
Later that morning, the couple attempted to check out of the room and called a taxi.
Some attempted to check personal software and internet connections but the fault lay with the Revenue's own overloaded system.
Many, including West and Elliott, attempted to check out – through Asic and online searches – the investment companies that had stung them.
Cotler writes that "wine merchants once attempted to check the popularity of coffee in France by starting a rumor that it was an anaphrodisiac".
When James Clerk Maxwell discovered (in 1865) that his kinetic theory suggested this result, he found it difficult to believe and attempted to check it experimentally.
After a few hours of driving, we pulled into our destination yesterday and attempted to check-in to the hotel.
Against most expectations the two have kept in diplomatic step in attempting to check Iran's nuclear programme.
The Crusades, attempting to check this advance, initially enjoyed success, founding a Christian state in Palestine and Syria, but the continued growth of Islamic states ultimately reversed those gains.
By contrast, Andy Carvin, a social-media strategist at NPR who has become known for this monitoring of Twitter during the Arab spring, does not attempt to check the accuracy of every tweet before publishing it.
If you're too agitated to thread a needle, find a manicurist who will physically threaten you with cuticle scissors if you attempt to check Twitter during the treatment.
