How to Use elusive in a Sentence

elusive

adjective

• The truth may prove elusive.
• There are just three main phone numbers to call for help — and a lot of times, resolutions can prove elusive.
  — Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2023
• It has long been seen as a takeover target for banks with international ambitions, but deals have proven elusive.
  — Rory Jones, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2023
• The world of closing games can be a fickle and yearly consistency can be elusive for many due to various reasons.
  — Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Perhaps the most elusive piece of puzzle was DNA evidence.
  — Jenna Greene, Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024
• The current crypto bear market is a signal: the level of adoption needed to ignite the next bull market remains elusive.
  — Fatemeh Fannizadeh, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Outside of law enforcement circles, Harpster is elusive.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2022
• The river is also the habitat of some of Gambia’s more elusive species like the African blue flycatcher and Pel’s fishing owl.
  — David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
• Childhood impressions of the homestead maintained by her parents, sisters, and tight-knit extended family have been elusive for Regan as an adult.
  — Mary-Frances Heck, Outside Online, 24 Jan. 2023
• Blaine Anderson has built a nearly $1 million business helping young men find love—something that is elusive for many at a time when much of life is lived on computers and smartphones.
  — Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
• Canadian officials have said that any form of intervention must have political consensus in Haiti, which has proved elusive.
  — Amanda Coletta, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• Still, witness tampering was not among the charges the committee recommended to prosecutors but full details remain elusive.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
• But getting that payment in hand has proved to be elusive for the millions of taxpayers whose returns were caught up in delays at the IRS during the pandemic.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2023
• This is the most elusive, and also the smallest, of the five.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 26 July 2019
• The stakes are so high, and the best talent is so elusive right now.
  — Andrea Davey, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• The state is a predator and the rule of law remains elusive.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 7 July 2021
• Runs hard and is elusive but isn’t gonna run over guys.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 17 Apr. 2017
• In sum, Donovan has proven to be as elusive off the field as on it.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Cook is one of the most elusive backs in the league, but Woods made his job too easy on this play.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 13 May 2020
• Even at the low end of that range, that target has been elusive.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• Yet, one prize — the grandest of them all — has been elusive.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• Since then, a mass of visitors has dropped by to catch a glimpse of the elusive dog.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• The why — why a brand even exists — proves more elusive.
  — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
• Long days end late and leave cooks so wired that sleep is elusive.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2020
• At the same time, Haley proved to be a more elusive leader.
  — chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• Well, kind of since being elusive is kind of Tenet's thing.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• Many did, but some were elusive or didn't want to re-open that wound on a journey through the past.
  — Chris O'Connell, Chron, 15 May 2022
• That’s the elusive wellness wish of, well, most people, right?
  — Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• But even in the best of times, making ends meet was often elusive.
  — Shauna Stuart | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2020
• The clues kept coming in, yet a smoking gun was elusive.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024