Sentence examples for thin and elusive from inspiring English sources

He took note of the formation's unusual, three-tiered composition, which he characterized as "an Oreo cookie": sandwiched between two layers of black shale was a thin and elusive layer of dolomite, where the oil lay.

Joy was a feeling, ephemeral and elusive.

Plot here is minimal and elusive.

Its chronology is complex and elusive.

Members of a small and elusive species, they proved, well, elusive.

It is marginal, fragmented, and elusive.

Sturzenegger was a prized, and elusive, prey.

Atlanta has that most-important and elusive startup quality: momentum.

Hence the name "Illusive", a portmanteau of illusion and elusive.

Our humble and elusive chiltepin?

Theta is deep and elusive.