elude

But the one he wanted the most had eluded him.

Since then, both a job and a home have eluded him.

The girl, who had eluded him at the last second.

But even the question she wanted to answer eluded her.

She had eluded them for two and a half days.

He wanted to say something else, anything, to keep her on the line, but words eluded him.

He had a way out but the last step eluded him.

I read every word, but the point of it all eluded me.

He had eluded Western officials in the last two weeks.

You may be able to elude them on the other side.

But for most of last year, even that eluded me.

In the past week, she has found a form that had eluded her all season.

Why has it eluded those in control of public education for so long?

They must go back and hope to elude the others in the dark.

Yet the highest office in the land had always eluded them.

But the mental side of the game often has eluded her.

As a result, the total pay picture will still elude us.

That feeling eluded him, he said, in his own education.

There is a world of difference, which fact I believe eluded my students.

But the look and the feel of the character still eluded her.

As she had been eluding him the last couple of days.

But she had to elude her husband and his resources.

There was something else about the group, but it eluded me for a moment.

He was trying to remember something, and it kept eluding him.

There was something he needed to remember, but it eluded him.