How to use "elusive" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "elusive" in popular movie and book plots

  • Arthur plays each murder, or the subsequent trial, through in his mind, searching for problems, loopholes, and the elusive watertight alibi.  - Guilty Conscience (film)
  • The separation has been a success, with the elusive Dymond having returned to his own craft at the right time.  - Nightmare of Eden
  • There is much talk of the Phantom, an elusive hypnotist.  - Inland Empire (film)
  • It turns out that Corran's wife, Mirax, was tracking down a group of elusive pirates known as the Invids.  - I, Jedi
  • That diary, as Paul and Tom discovered it later, would prove to help the duo to decode the elusive Hypnerotomachia.  - The Rule of Four
  • The missiles were to be completed in three weeks, and only the elusive General Song had the launch codes.  - Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
  • At 16, Peter d'Abo is an elusive boy.  - My Name Is Legion (novel)
  • He corners the elusive figure in a deserted palazzo and approaches it, believing it to be a child.  - Don't Look Now
  • It also identifies Redjac as "Red Jack", one name given to the elusive 19th Century Earth serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.  - Wolf in the Fold
  • After her death he falls deeply in love with Sasha, an elusive and somewhat feral princess in the entourage of the Russian embassy.  - Orlando: A Biography
  • Bernard is a story-teller, always seeking some elusive and apt phrase.  - The Waves
  • In the process, Willard is able to capture the elusive butterfly.  - The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak
  • Baby runs to Johnny and executes the elusive lift move they'd practiced.  - Dirty Dancing
  • To prove his innocence, Zeta and Ro search for his creator, the elusive dr Selig.  - The Zeta Project
  • He warns them of the elusive and merciless figure known as Mr Brown.  - The Secret Adversary
  • Part I: Search By the Mule is about The Mule's search for the elusive Second Foundation, with the intent of destroying it.  - Second Foundation

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