strangely elusive

Frequency: 5.53.5 per million words

Difficult to find or achieve in an unusual or surprising way.

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Examples (10)

  • A cure for the common cold has proved strangely elusive, despite decades of research.
  • The concept of true happiness can be strangely elusive, even for those who have everything.
  • The rare snow leopard remains strangely elusive, rarely captured on camera by wildlife photographers.
  • The memory of that night was strangely elusive; he could recall the feeling but not the specific details.
  • A simple solution to the traffic problem has been strangely elusive for the city's planners.
  • The missing key was strangely elusive, considering we had searched the small room for hours.
  • A sense of peace felt strangely elusive to him after the stressful event.
  • For many artists, commercial success is a strangely elusive goal.
  • I fear that a consensus on this divisive issue will remain strangely elusive.
  • The perfect word to describe her feelings remained strangely elusive throughout the conversation.