The phrase "cheesy attempt" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an effort that is overly sentimental, corny, or lacking in authenticity.
Example: "His cheesy attempt at humor fell flat during the serious meeting."
Alternatives: "corny effort" or "lame attempt."
It's a journey that will end in mid-March to mixed reviews: some will call it an anemic, cheesy attempt to highlight Reno's supposed folksiness; others will point to the 2,796 miles traveled as evidence of Reno's fitness for office.
"For my stupid and cheesy attempt at humor at the end of a luncheon interview–I apologize…it was ungracious, uncalled for…and inaccurate," said Diller in an email.
Military servicemen and -women deserve better than this cheesy attempt to tug on heartstrings.
Our gut tells us that double "d" is nothing more than a cheesy attempt to be groundbreaking.
This means she sees right through your cheesy attempt to get attention, and she is offended by it.
Those cheeky scamps at theguardian.com, I thought to myself, making a mental note to congratulate the editor in a cheesy and ill-concealed attempt at ingratiation.
As a reminder, per the first installment of My Writing Journey, up to that point I'd only dabbled in writing, even if that dabbling meant writing hundreds of cheesy poems with a lame attempt at playwriting on the side.
This gives the appearance that the Agricultural Committee hearing was cheesy theater instead of a genuine attempt to hold Corzine accountable under Sarbanes-Oxley rules and the rules of the entities that regulated MF Global.
Several sites have tried to do this, and previous attempts have come off as cheesy or morbid.
"Slime Creatures from Outer Space" was Yankovic's attempt to emulate the sound of "cheesy 50s sci-fi soundtracks".
Not a bad idea for the director's first attempt, but the execution suffers from an overly cheesy script and ham acting in places, meaning it has no real heart in the first place.
