The phrase "attempts to utter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone's efforts to speak or express something verbally, often in a context where the act of speaking is challenging or significant.
Example: "Despite his nervousness, he makes several attempts to utter the words he has rehearsed."
Alternatives: "tries to express" or "endeavors to say".
If I were white I'd be characterized as noble and open-minded when attempting to utter African-American truths.
Each year, hundreds of phenoms from around the nation travel to Washington, D.C., to spell out arcane words that most of us would never even attempt to utter, let alone spell.
He rules — or he attempts to — in utter disregard of precedent, history or good taste.
But instead of dismissing the quirk as a tired reaction only amateurs would dare to utter, Green attempts to investigate exactly why this phrase is a less-than-helpful way to digest art.
But instead of dismissing the quirk as a tired reaction only amateurs would dare to utter, Green attempts to investigate exactly why this phrase is a less-than-helpful way to digest art.
Instead of remorse, Ms. Richardson, Democrat of California, displayed more of what the Ethics Committee described as her "utter disdain" for attempts to investigate her disgraceful behavior.
He added: "She would do whatever he said, whatever he wanted," and described her attempts to keep her husband's affections as "utter folly".
Harari imagines that in attempting to refine ourselves to utter perfection — the logical apotheosis of humanism, whose history and evolution he traces over many pages — we will destroy humanism itself.
He reacts to Stuart's attempts to draw him back into the underworld with utter distress, verbal objections followed by threats of violence, then tears.
From the moment she volunteers for Prim to the moment she shoots and destroys the Capitol's carefully crafted force field (a thing no other tribute would dare to do), Katniss defies restrictions, openly scorns the Capitol's control and makes no attempt to hide her utter contempt for them.
