Sentence examples for a pretty elusive from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a pretty elusive" is not correct as it is missing a noun to complete the thought.
You can use it when describing something that is difficult to grasp or define, but it needs to be part of a larger phrase.
Example: "The concept of happiness can be a pretty elusive target for many people."
Alternatives: "quite elusive" or "fairly elusive".

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"Style," in this usage, can be a pretty elusive concept.

As far as I know, time-travel remains a pretty elusive goal, but making the future better for everybody with Parkinson's disease seems like a very realistic and worthy priority.

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"There were about a thousand different 'firsts' in the book, but this one was pretty elusive".

He was pretty elusive.

As every astronomy buff knows, dark matter is pretty elusive stuff.

And while he's been pretty elusive the past five years or so, based on one of the lone photos we could find from the last year, we still think he's pretty cute.

This is a pretty improbable scenario.

A pretty desperate situation.

While neurologists have a pretty good handle on how to diagnosis the permanent vegetative state (that is, permanent unconsciousness), the definition of 'terminally ill' is (and I believe will remain) hopelessly elusive.

It's a pretty small hole.

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