Sentence examples for elusive chance from inspiring English sources

It is for that elusive chance at glory.

But Hart got an elusive chance, and the chance was apparently all he needed.

The peculiar political conjunction could offer an elusive chance during a convulsive period in the history of the Middle East.

We did not have that elusive chance".

Be sensible and, if you possibly can, go straight to the target!" More seriously, what interests me most in science is the intellectual endeavour and the elusive chance to bring good to people's lives.

Of all the rarities in a grad student's life sleep, dignity, hope, shampoo none is as elusive as a chance to complain directly to a roomful of deans.

They battle silicosis, a disabling lung disease caused by inhaling dust deep in mine shafts, like one photographed by Mr. Munita (below) in which the light at the end of the tunnel seems to be as elusive as the chances of striking it rich in such a place.

It's not about the crops, the sowing, the growing, the nurturing, though we take pride in doing that to be the best of our ability, it's something more elusive, more 'giving', the chance to drum from another rhythm, a bit older and slower.

With Forest's right-back James Perch excelling – one goal-saving tackle to deny Peter Lovenkrands was exceptional – and Enrique and Fabricio Coloccini defending well, chances proved elusive at both ends on a difficult surface.

Giambi, 38, is the latest aging power hitter to drift into the pennant race, eager for what could be his final chance at an elusive World Series title.

At 37, Scotland's greatest female Olympian had to cope, too, with the pressure of knowing this could be her last chance to win elusive gold.