elusiveness

Example Sentences

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Every day that passes makes that resolution more of a dead letter, and adds to the elusiveness of a deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

“We felt her presence in the lack of it,” he writes of her funeral, a fitting coda to her elusiveness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

His elusiveness even sparked theories about whether he existed.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

"I thought I'd do something that was more about that idea of elusiveness, and the point where the actor stops and the character starts," he says.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2024

It was difficult to be specific when the core of a man’s character was elusiveness.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis