The phrase "attempted to get support" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing an effort made to seek assistance or backing from others.
Example: "The organization attempted to get support from the community for their new initiative."
Alternatives: "sought assistance" or "tried to obtain help."
Although the riot galvanized the striking workers for a little while to remain on strike as they attempted to get support from local clergy and national organizations, by early May only a fraction of the almost 9000 men originally involved remained on strike.
But when he attempted to get support for quick action, he was defeated this morning, 54 to 42.
For instance, when people attempted to get support for a Florida boycott in response to the Zimmerman and Dunn verdicts and the repeal of Stand Your Ground laws, many said it simply would not work.
While assailing welfare, he was attempting to get support for a plan that would provide a guaranteed income to all poor families.
She didn't see the point in attempting to get support for the ongoing harassment from her ex-boyfriend, as no one had helped her previously.
The Washington senator Patty Murray is attempting to get support for a new federal proposal that would increase the minimum wage to $8 in 2016 and then increase it by another dollar each year until it reaches $12 in 2020.
Pakistani military officials have approached Pentagon officials several times in the past decade in an unsuccessful attempt to get support for an upgrading of Pakistan's nuclear command-and-control mechanisms.
Only this year, New York City officials attempted to get corporate donors to withdraw support from the Budget Commission, which under Mr. Horton had the audacity to question the city's fiscal practices and labor agreements.
He attempted to get up but discovered that he could not support his own weight, so an ambulance was called by bystanders, so that he could be transported to the nearest hospital.
The group's Oregon branch had attempted to get Ralph Nader on the Presidential ballot, in order to dilute Democratic support for John Kerry.
Lopez has already attempted to get police departments in Ferguson and St . Louis Countyto prevent cops from wearing items in support of Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown.
