How to Use elude in a Sentence

elude

verb

• The killer was able to elude the police.
• The cause of the disease continues to elude researchers.
• The killer has eluded capture.
• But one thing that had eluded the entire family was an Olympic berth.
  — Sam Brock, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
• For the time being, though, that thing more precious than gold that each of the treasure hunters was seeking continued to elude them.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
• Seconds later, Joseph jumped on a loose puck and strode up ice, going along the wall to elude Filip Hronek.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2022
• Warrants were taken out against him on charges of reckless stunt driving, fleeing and attempting to elude and driving on the wrong side of the road, Lupo said.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 4 May 2022
• The dreaming mind is freer, less inhibited by a sense of logical or social or conventional patterns, alert to resonances that elude us when awake.
  — Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
• Despite this intriguing news regarding the onset of microbial evolution here on earth, the road to intelligence seems to have hills and valleys and curves and blind spots that completely elude us.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• Kaspick eludes a check along the boards and gets to the net point-blank on Farkas.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, OregonLive.com, 24 Feb. 2018
• But the details of the deal have appeared to elude Trump.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 9 Feb. 2017
• But, even three years on, that fact still seems to elude the rest of us.
  — Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• Even the coaches in the series have largely seen the Cup elude them.
  — Andrew Knoll, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2020
• When deputies arrived, the man drove faster in an attempt to elude them.
  — Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 25 May 2018
• The cause of this head pain still eludes the medical world.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Aug. 2018
• Alas, so far the technique has eluded me, though not a friend.
  — Lynn Peters, Redbook, 18 Aug. 2017
• At that time, two of the occupants tried to elude police.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2021
• The ball eluded both for a goal kick by Baltgalvis which sealed the outcome.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
• Vásquez hid out in the maze of rock faces to elude authorities.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• So the dream of seeing his likeness in a video game eluded him.
  — Kimberly Pena, courant.com, 1 May 2018
• He was arrested and charged with felony speed to elude.
  — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
• Cam Rising tries to step up and elude the pressure, but the Beavers stop him for no gain.
  — oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2022
• How was Chadwick able to elude those trying to find him for so long?
  — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2019
• Two of them were caught in August, but the third managed to elude capture for months.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
• In the park, the boy attempted to climb over a fence to elude police and threw his backpack over the fence ahead of him.
  — cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• The suspect ditched the car and managed to elude police on foot, police said.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 28 June 2019
• Chiles eludes pressure and throws to the goal line for Velling, but it’s knocked away by Jay’Vion Cole at the last moment.
  — Nick Daschel | [e-mail], oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2023
• The tip sparked a search for Crooks, who was able to elude security and climbed onto the roof.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
• For nearly as long, we have been forced to accept that the whole truth will elude us — always.
  — Jenna Russell, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• An Olympic gold in that event has long eluded her and slipped out of her grasp once again in her third Olympic appearance.
  — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024