The phrase "attempting to kill us" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone or something is trying to cause harm or death to a group of people.
Example: "The villain in the story was relentless, always attempting to kill us at every turn."
Alternatives: "trying to eliminate us" or "seeking to destroy us".
Who has managed to convince us that Dr Aafia Siddiqui, jailed in the US for attempting to kill US military personnel, should be revered as a "daughter of the nation", while another daughter of the nation, the condemned Christian woman Asia Bibi, is to be executed?
Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted of attempting to kill US military personnel, has been sentenced to 86 years in prison by a US judge.
Protesters gathered over the past two weeks to condemn the ruling by a New York court last Thursday that saw Siddiqui, a Pakistani doctor, sentenced to 86 years in prison for attempting to kill US soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan.
But I was overruled by my kinder gentler Other Half, who thinks it's not polite to be mean to people one has invited over even if they are attempting to kill us.
The road was strewn with potholes and makeshift speed bumps, and several animals including a dog and a cow had already attempted to kill us all by wandering into view without warning.
Christopher Cornell, 20, is charged with attempting to kill a US government officer, according to court documents.
The official charges are attempting to kill a US government officer and possession of a firearm in furtherance of an attempted crime of violence.
For a while, the insurgents were targeting a specific building with regularity in an attempt to kill us.
Active Shooter: Gunmen or gunman killing or attempting to kill people in a confined, populated area.
She gives vent to her displeasure by attempting to kill both her daughter and her grandson.
