Sentence examples for Elusive from inspiring English sources

"elusive" is a correct and commonly used word in written English
It is used to describe something that is difficult to find, catch, or achieve. Example: The elusive thief managed to evade the police for months, leaving them frustrated and determined to catch him.

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Elusive

adjective

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

  • The elusive criminal was arrested

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Related: Could Scott Walker be the elusive 2016 contender Republicans are looking for?

Research councils are prescribing open-access requirements for outputs which will be submittable in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF), and there are now nods towards monographs being included in those requirements at some elusive point in the future.

Pioneering, inclusive and celebratory, the NVA redefines the video game arcade, and moves the medium closer to a cultural legitimacy that has, to date, proved elusive.

In an interview with the Guardian, a top legal adviser at the state department during the period in question from 2009 to 2013, was similarly elusive.

Baroque imagery, bizarre humour and labyrinthine plots made his elusive and allusive oeuvre unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.

It is one of the great photographic portraits, more real and elusive and penetrating than a painting could ever be.

While the extent of his activities in the league during this time remains elusive, his name appears as referee of a Belgium v Holland international on 9 March 1913 in Antwerp.

For Angela Merkel, the awkward possibility remains that the elusive Mr Gurlitt may be able to die with his treasure trove intact after all.

As so often with these strategies, intended to make the government's spending plans clearer, the road ahead seems more elusive than ever.

However, the owner, the elusive Russian petrochemical billionaire Maxim Demin, will have to sanction spending in all areas to provide the depth of quality to survive.

She spent long vigils lying, mud-splattered in the marshes, lens poking from vegetation, in pursuit of elusive water rails, bearded tits and a juvenile bittern, and her pictures proved the latter species was not extinct in Britain after all.

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