Sentence examples for if elusive from inspiring English sources

A captivating if elusive subject, as it emerges.

Both are reminders of Ms. Lo's compelling, if elusive, dumpling ingenuity.

Yet as a group they work; they wrap you in a substantial if elusive sensibility.

Thomas's performance at oral argument is even odder, because he is otherwise a popular, if elusive, figure at the Court.

His daily life is cloaked in secrecy, which makes it an irresistible if elusive topic for the Indian media.

In the novel that bears her name, she is charming, if elusive; here she rarely shows anything but hate.

But if growth remains elusive, if Britain does enter a triple-dip recession and loses its cherished AAA credit rating in the new year – both of which are highly possible – that will become a harder argument to make.

Perhaps, in the interests of precision and clarity, in serious reasoning we should replace the elusive "if" with its neat, close relative, ⊃.

If faced with a total lack of funding, or if this elusive permanent position never materialises, committed postdocs like me might soon find themselves reverting to nonscientist status.

For Mr. Damon the stakes are equally real, if more elusive.

If the elusive boson is a mirage, the scientists should be able to rule it out completely.