The phrase "cease attempts" is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
It means to stop or discontinue trying to do something. You can use it in a formal or informal setting, depending on the context. Example: The company decided to cease attempts at creating a new product due to financial constraints. The phrase "cease attempts" can also be used in a more direct command: Example: Cease attempts to contact me, as I no longer wish to communicate with you.
Engineers have conceded they are unlikely ever to hear from the vehicle again and are ceasing attempts to make contact with it.
Moreover, males ceased attempts to copulate with plugged females with higher probability.
Nevertheless, Allied submarines sank the majority of the merchant tankers that attempted to sail from Southeast Asia to Japan during February, and in March the Japanese ceased attempting to import oil from this source.
Interactions with plugged females were ended by the female in 52% of cases (N = 42); in the remaining 48% of cases, males ceased attempting to fix their palp after 9.7 ± 1.5 minutes (N = 20) and left the females.
He threatened to harm himself with a knife, police said. . "Once the detectives observed Mr. Castano begin to cut his neck, they immediately broke the passenger window and utilized an electronic control device to take control of him and cease his attempts to commit suicide," said a Miami-Dade police spokesperson.
Moreover, it is unlikely that the cue for queens to cease mating attempts and initiate egg-laying is related to the number of mating flights taken, because half of our observed queens initiated egg-laying after a single mating flight while the other half did not.
The insults, slurs and never-ceasing attempts to silence me -- mostly by cis gender gay white men and lesbians, surprisingly.
Hosts did not attempt to avoid attacks and after a first bout of attack soon ceased any attempts to beg for food.
One can very quickly cease to attempt this distinction, and, what is worse, one usually ceases to attempt it without realizing that one has done so.
My sons Richard, named for his uncle, and Paul and I insist that the school board cease its attempt to violate the memory and sacrifice of the young people who lost their lives.
