Elusive
adjective
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Success has been elusive for him.
adjective
Difficult to remember or recall.
The answers to these questions remain elusive.
adjective
Artful or tricky that makes it difficult to catch or discover the real intention.
His elusive behavior kept everyone guessing about his intentions.
adjective
Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
Success has been elusive for him.
adjective
Difficult to remember or recall.
The answers to these questions remain elusive.
adjective
Artful or tricky that makes it difficult to catch or discover the real intention.
His elusive behavior kept everyone guessing about his intentions.
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Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Often used metaphorically to describe something not physically graspable, like success or a solution.
For many, happiness remains elusive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
Can carry a sense of frustration or challenge, reflecting the feelings of the person trying to achieve or find something.
Despite his efforts, the title of champion was elusive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Immediately Obvious
Describes targets that require time, effort, or a particular strategy to obtain or understand.
The correct diagnosis proved elusive for the doctors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Often used metaphorically to describe something not physically graspable, like success or a solution.
For many, happiness remains elusive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
Can carry a sense of frustration or challenge, reflecting the feelings of the person trying to achieve or find something.
Despite his efforts, the title of champion was elusive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Immediately Obvious
Describes targets that require time, effort, or a particular strategy to obtain or understand.
The correct diagnosis proved elusive for the doctors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Often used metaphorically to describe something not physically graspable, like success or a solution.
For many, happiness remains elusive.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotionally Charged
Can carry a sense of frustration or challenge, reflecting the feelings of the person trying to achieve or find something.
Despite his efforts, the title of champion was elusive.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Immediately Obvious
Describes targets that require time, effort, or a particular strategy to obtain or understand.
The correct diagnosis proved elusive for the doctors.
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Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
they get on it's not really enough to just release them and think brilliant fine and wash your hands of it it's important to know that what we've done and the whole process has worked and that we've done right by the foxes and they are going to survive and thrive and hopefully breed in the wild that can be difficult because foxes can be quite elusive and trying to keep track of them once
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Let’s put the romance...
should not divorce business from our wondrous elusive unpredictable and unquantifiable mantis eyes the enterprise to humanize the enterprise so let us value what we cannot measure let us acknowledge that the best things in life are those that are not optimized let us create things that are not only
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Stingray PIPE National...
they're usually shy and elusive animals hard to get close to but the warm clear waters of the cayman islands offer something different on the north side of grand cayman island swarms of stingrays live inside a protective barrier reef where the water is calm and shallow
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Spotting One of the...
the clouded leopard is one of the most elusive difficult animals in the whole world to film and this is conclusive evidence that there is one living not more than a couple of miles away from camp looking for tracks and signs is detective work it's almost like putting
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Why do whales sing? -...
For example, scientists have been able to differentiate the elusive blue whale's populations worldwide based on their songs. But the oceans are getting noisier as a result of human activity. Boating, military sonar, underwater construction,
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Explore cave paintings...
As with many unsolved mysteries of the ancient world, we may never know for sure, barring the invention of a time machine, that is. But while the answers remain elusive, these images are our earliest proof of human communication,
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How the worst moments in...
and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege.
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Encouraging A New-Born...
because of their quirky looks an elusive nocturnal lifestyle aye eyes have become part of madagascar folklore they're feared and persecuted as the bringers of bad omens
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Baby Snow Leopard in the...
oh what was that what was that what was that geez that's no leopard you ratbag it is snow leopards are incredibly rare and elusive oh wow no wonder
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
untameable elusive and known for their secretive nature this solitary species native to the uk is now britain's rarest carnival
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Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
they get on it's not really enough to just release them and think brilliant fine and wash your hands of it it's important to know that what we've done and the whole process has worked and that we've done right by the foxes and they are going to survive and thrive and hopefully breed in the wild that can be difficult because foxes can be quite elusive and trying to keep track of them once
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
should not divorce business from our wondrous elusive unpredictable and unquantifiable mantis eyes the enterprise to humanize the enterprise so let us value what we cannot measure let us acknowledge that the best things in life are those that are not optimized let us create things that are not only
Video examples
Stingray PIPE National...
they're usually shy and elusive animals hard to get close to but the warm clear waters of the cayman islands offer something different on the north side of grand cayman island swarms of stingrays live inside a protective barrier reef where the water is calm and shallow
Video examples
Spotting One of the...
the clouded leopard is one of the most elusive difficult animals in the whole world to film and this is conclusive evidence that there is one living not more than a couple of miles away from camp looking for tracks and signs is detective work it's almost like putting
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
For example, scientists have been able to differentiate the elusive blue whale's populations worldwide based on their songs. But the oceans are getting noisier as a result of human activity. Boating, military sonar, underwater construction,
Video examples
Explore cave paintings...
As with many unsolved mysteries of the ancient world, we may never know for sure, barring the invention of a time machine, that is. But while the answers remain elusive, these images are our earliest proof of human communication,
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege.
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
because of their quirky looks an elusive nocturnal lifestyle aye eyes have become part of madagascar folklore they're feared and persecuted as the bringers of bad omens
Video examples
Baby Snow Leopard in the...
oh what was that what was that what was that geez that's no leopard you ratbag it is snow leopards are incredibly rare and elusive oh wow no wonder
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
untameable elusive and known for their secretive nature this solitary species native to the uk is now britain's rarest carnival
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K'naan
Somali Musician
I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
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Robert Plant
British Musician
The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where it was special and quite elusive and occasionally a little sinister and it had its own world nobody could get in.
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Seth MacFarlane
American Cartoonist
I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that's surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?
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Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Truth is, in fact, an elusive concept. It depends almost entirely on where you are standing at the time. It is a human instinct to confuse belief with truth.
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John Grogan
American Author
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.
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Lara Trump
American Producer
No doubt, the fight against ISIS is deadly serious, as was the raid that took down their elusive leader.
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Hun Sen
Cambodian Statesman
Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country.
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John C. Bogle
American Businessman
In my long experience, one thing I know is that truth is elusive.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
American Designer
Everything in life is elusive.
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K'naan
Somali Musician
I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.
Quote examples
Robert Plant
British Musician
The trouble is now, with rock'n'roll and stuff, it gets so big that it loses what once upon a time was a magnificent thing, where it was special and quite elusive and occasionally a little sinister and it had its own world nobody could get in.
Quote examples
Seth MacFarlane
American Cartoonist
I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that's surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.
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Paul Davies
British Writer
In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?
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Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Truth is, in fact, an elusive concept. It depends almost entirely on where you are standing at the time. It is a human instinct to confuse belief with truth.
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John Grogan
American Author
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans.
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Lara Trump
American Producer
No doubt, the fight against ISIS is deadly serious, as was the raid that took down their elusive leader.
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Hun Sen
Cambodian Statesman
Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country.
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John C. Bogle
American Businessman
In my long experience, one thing I know is that truth is elusive.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
American Designer
Everything in life is elusive.
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