elusive in English

adjective
1
difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
success will become ever more elusive
synonyms:difficult to findevasiveslipperyalways on the move

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1. An Elusive Goal

2. Sleep was strangely elusive.

3. the elusive concept of 'literature'

4. Zebras, Bonteboks and the elusive eland

5. He was young, personable and elusive.

6. Aardvarks are notoriously elusive, nocturnal mammals

7. Success, however, remained elusive for her.

8. Truth is a notoriously elusive quality.

9. Paul Johnson writes "he Rothschilds are elusive.

10. Drug dealers can prove just as elusive.

11. Science: Hormonal clue to bamboo's elusive Blossomings

12. The fox is a sly elusive animal.

13. The nature of things was to be elusive.

14. It was the cure that was so elusive.

15. For me, the poem has an elusive quality.

16. As Christmas drew nearer, sleep became more elusive.

17. Yes, but he's so elusive, as you know.

18. They have that elusive quality called narrative momentum.

19. The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.

20. And that bottleneck will make type growth rates elusive.

21. Extending nationwide service has been an elusive goal for Amtrak

22. Eric, as elusive as ever, was nowhere to be found.

23. The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.

24. "The Elusive Chanteuse" part doesn't sound so bad

25. ‘Justice for all’ has proved to be an elusive goal.

26. What is more, HIV mutates, making it an elusive target.

27. Attempts to catch the elusive Sirven have undoubtedly been bungled.

28. Elusive animals, Babirusas prefer to forage in dense cover near water

29. They soon realized that the capriciousness of memory made answers elusive.

30. Jabba tasked his two competing henchmen to capture the elusive stowaway.

31. Further movie roles have proved somewhat elusive for the young actor.

32. Are the five Super Pups descendants of the elusive Captain Canine?

33. A fisherman grows weary of trying to catch an elusive fish.

34. Therefore, the development of artificial muscles with multiple-mode Actuations remains elusive

35. 10 Graddy discovered that even at Fulton,[www.Sentencedict.com] perfect competition was elusive.

36. He had that elusive quality so distinctive of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

37. The Brocken spectre continues to fascinate today as an elusive optical phenomenon

38. Bobcats are elusive and nocturnal, so they are rarely spotted by humans

39. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian

40. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian

41. 15 Wet sand can be moulded, whilst dry sand is much more elusive.

42. On the other hand, it makes him an elusive target for a biographer.

43. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian

44. Blighting the Way: Urban Renewal, Economic Development, and the Elusive Definition of Blight

45. Those who are impatient, uncommitted, or careless may find faith to be elusive.

46. An elusive, Cambridge - trained anthropologist made his career largely in the United States.

47. Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.

48. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian

49. The most elusive culprit remains the built-in contradictions of the capitalist system.

50. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian