become elusive
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
To transition into a state of being difficult to find or catch.
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- Sleep can become elusive when you are stressed.
- The suspect became elusive, disappearing into the dense forest.
- Success has become elusive for the team this season.
- Without more funding, a cure for the disease will become even more elusive.
- He watched the rare bird becoming elusive as it flew higher into the clouds.
- If we don't act now, a peaceful resolution will become elusive.
- The solution to the puzzle became frustratingly elusive.
- As he grew older, the simple joys of childhood became elusive.
- Profitability became elusive for the startup after its main competitor launched a new product.
- The true meaning of the ancient text became elusive as key pages were lost.