Sentence examples similar to elude demands from inspiring English sources

He describes Dürrenmat's prophetic vision of modern terrorists' "godlike ability to elude observation while demanding recognition," and Morgenstern's foreshadowing of slaughter around the globe.

As he recounted to me in a 1982 interview, he was forced to shoot surreptitiously, managing to elude a patrolman demanding to see a permit.

That shot of power could open up a use that has long eluded batteries: meeting the huge demands of a passenger aircraft at liftoff.

Many exports - such as gold, the principal foreign-exchange earner, diamonds and strategic metals -would probably elude an embargo because of international demand.

Rhythm eludes notation and transcription, demanding that those who would master it go back to the process of learning by ear; it remains an aural tradition.

But the advent of sound had led to an immediate demand for stage-trained performers; Colbert abandoned the stage to portray a distressed heroine trying to elude Edward G. Robinson in "A Hole in the Wall" for Paramount.

Zárate, making his West Ham debut, excelled in the first half against Crystal Palace, buzzing around, demanding the ball, eluding markers and scoring a cracking volley to put his new side on the way to victory.

But the reasons elude us.

The clumsiness of the proposal — at one point, authorities said, Mr. Sheehan lowered his demand to $1 million — belied the apparent sophistication of his tactics, like his bomb making and his ability to elude law enforcement for more than three weeks.

Frank Sinatra eluded Bruce Forsyth as he was later to elude Michael Parkinson.

Fame will always elude him.