The phrase "attempts at explaining the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts made to clarify or elucidate a particular topic or concept.
Example: "The researchers made several attempts at explaining the complex behavior of the species in their study."
Alternatives: "efforts to clarify the" or "endeavors to elucidate the".
Platini has made three attempts at explaining the payment but has yet to publicly produce any paperwork to back up his case or convincingly explain away the nine-year delay.
While the initial two-game suspension for Rice was widely criticized in July, the outrage directed toward the NFL has only increased since the release of the footage from inside the elevator on Monday, despite the increased suspension and Goodell's attempts at explaining the league's actions and inaction.
In attempts at explaining the heterogeneity of HTLV-I courses and outcomes, considerable attention in recent years has been paid to the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in host genes that encode cytokine receptors and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I and II [ 13- 19].
The top commander in Afghanistan, John F Campbell, later admitted – in the fourth attempt at explaining the devastating attack – that the hospital was "mistakenly struck".
Some readers may find the mathematical chapters heavy going, but Mr Derbyshire makes a valiant attempt at explaining the mathematical ideas around the problem.
It's tempting to overanalyze the differences between the Part I Patriots and these Part II Patriots, but each attempt at explaining the contrasting results of playoff runs would be met with a valid rebuttal.
It's clearly – and this is, by and large, a strikingly foggy film – a fascist parable, an attempt at explaining the psychology of the people who came to power some 30 years later.
At a company that's getting rated for the first time, executives have an opportunity to appeal, which means a second meeting with the analysts and another attempt at explaining the business.
Schelling's own attempt at explaining the world's ontological and historical facticity will lead him to a 'philosophical theology' which traces the development of mythology and then of Christian revelation in his Philosophy of Mythology and Philosophy of Revelation, which, like all his substantial works after 1811, are not published in his lifetime.
Eureka is Poe's attempt at explaining the universe, using his general proposition "Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are".
In a recent Daily Show appearance, Al Gore made a half-hearted attempt at explaining the idea of "sustainable capitalism" to Jon Stewart.
