Examples of 'proved elusive' in a sentence

Meaning of "proved elusive"

proved elusive - This phrase is used to describe something that has been difficult to find, achieve, or understand despite efforts to do so. It suggests that the object of interest has remained out of reach or mysterious. For example, 'The solution to the puzzle proved elusive, and we couldn't figure it out.'

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Nuclear arms control has proved elusive.
Space bread has proved elusive because of a variety of challenges.
Certainly his dream has proved elusive.
Has proved elusive and the search has been called off.
But education laws have proved elusive too.
Agreement had proved elusive and the decline in renewable resources had continued.
A government based on a parliamentary majority thus proved elusive.
Evidence has proved elusive.
Until recently an agreement on a nuclear test ban has proved elusive.
Confirmation of this has proved elusive and is likely to be false.
Appropriate instruments with which to act proved elusive.
Frustration that a settlement has proved elusive for so long runs deep within both communities.
Lasting impacts on income and employment proved elusive.
The Kingdom has proved elusive to them because of their greed.
But eradication of the disease has proved elusive.

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However, success proved elusive and he slipped back into retirement shortly after.
A precise definition for the word has proved elusive.
Such molecules have proved elusive to identify, but two groups have reported examples.
Emotional security has likewise proved elusive for many.
Victory proved elusive again as Matt Flynn threw 6 TD passes on the Lions to win.
Determining these environmental factors has proved elusive so far.
Winning overseas still proved elusive for Australia, which lost the 1988 series in Pakistan.
Scientific corroboration of the claimed beneficial effect of nanoparticles proved elusive.
Even agreeing on a national holiday has proved elusive in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
But the reforms required to prevent a repetition of the crisis have proved elusive.
Why has a ceasefire proved elusive so far?
Predicting an infestation of the creatures is notoriously difficult and a solution has proved elusive.
Regrettably, full consensus proved elusive once again.
The generation of effective treatments for these diseases and pathologies has proved elusive.
However, this goal has proved elusive so far.
Yet for many years the extraction and profitable processing of the oil sands proved elusive.
Some experiments continued, but traction proved elusive and the show went on.
Initiatives to reduce high levels of urban violence in some States have proved elusive.
The necessary weather for such a run proved elusive for two months, until mid-June.
The search for new own resources has so far proved elusive.
As ever, peace of mind proved elusive for William Hazlitt.
They also showed the courage to act when full consensus proved elusive.
Ever mysterious, the X-37B proved elusive to amateur astronomers.
The progress that we expected from the different diplomatic initiatives has proved elusive so far.
Perhaps equally important, the X-37B proved elusive to amateur astronomers.
However, a viable commercial process for production has proved elusive.
During that time period, peace proved elusive.
Various experts have been consulted, but an exact diagnosis has proved elusive.
Test success, however, proved elusive.
However, maintaining such cells in a stable and reproducible state proved elusive.
Elsewhere, the concepts proved elusive.
Many species of frogs were identified, though the secretive tree frog proved elusive.
Finding that " something " proved elusive.
This led to a degree of critical acclaim, but commercial success still proved elusive.
However, this financial autonomy has proved elusive.

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The elusive cider has finally materialized
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