elude

Example Sentences

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Answers elude the watchful girl even as Ms. Keegan illuminates each telling detail of the land, of farm life and of adult ways.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

El-Fasher, the last state capital in the vast region of Darfur to elude the RSF's grasp, has become the latest strategic front in the war as the paramilitaries attempt to consolidate power in the west.

From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025

For a long while, Newsom’s shiftiness seemed to elude his self-perception.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2025

But every year, a few dozen elude social workers’ determined efforts to figure out who they are.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

To this I said: ‘But you, now—you must tell me how I can trap this venerable sea-god. He will elude me if he takes alarm; no man—god knows—can quell a god with ease.’

From "The Odyssey" by Homer