Using "elude" in a sentence

That such a distinctive bird managed to elude Western science until 1851 reflects its choice of habitat: the shoebill is confined to some of Africa’s most inaccessible wetlands and requires at least 2 square kilometers (¾ sq.
Source: The Daily Beast

As a deep threat, Ford-Wheaton has his fair share of explosive, big plays and has a knack for using his adequate speed to elude defenders and find the end zone.
Source: Sports Illustrated

Soccer's most prolific modern-day scorer might yet, at the age of 37 and probably playing in his last World Cup, claim the one major title to elude him in a career like no other.
Source: KSDK.com

What about the lower-profile work that’s destined to elude the Academy’s limited radar? I’m thinking of A Love Song‘s Dale Dickey, a character actor best known for playing fearsome trailer-park types, giving a gentle sigh of a lead performance as a Colorado widow reconnecting with a childhood sweetheart (Wes Studi)? Or Aubrey Plaza, channeling her tensely coiled deadpan into a riveting portrayal of a woman caught in a vicious cycle of economic precarity and bad decisions in Emily the Criminal? And Léa Seydoux, who gives my favorite performance of the year as a single mother dealing with an ailing father and a new lover in Mia Hansen-Love’s quietly magnificent One Fine Morning.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

"Like last year, Jackson was injured while trying to elude the pass rush.
Source: ESPN

The ATF shows up, led by agents special agents Flemming (Robert Stack) and Bork (Greg Kinnear), who follow Beavis and Butt-Head to Washington, though they continue to elude the authorities unwittingly with their constant hijinks, attempts to score, and even running into their birth father (David Letterman).
Source: The Digital Bits

Hernando County man climbs tree to escape deputies A Hernando County many quickly realized that he had nowhere to hide after climbing a tree to elude law enforcement.
Source: FOX 13 Tampa

"Like last year, Jackson was injured while trying to elude the pass rush.
Source: ESPN.co.uk

Unfortunately, audiences didn't seem to respond, and the magical mixture that helped "Batman: The Animated Series" become such a phenomenon continued to elude creators.
Source: Looper

He also pleaded guilty to felony attempting to elude and obstruction of justice.
Source: AL.com

"The team tested the various Juggalo and flag patterned make-up on different consumer-grade facial recognition tech — the actual facial camera system used in Qatar is unknown to the public — and found many of the designs were able to elude cameras.
Source: Business Insider

A male Mexican gray wolf tries to elude capture inside an enclosure at Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico, Wednesday, November 8, 2017.
Source: The Colorado Sun

But can you really traverse massive distances of space in a matter of minutes or hours? As it turns out, the basic idea outlined within Star Trek might not be impossible according to physics — even if the finer details still elude us.
Source: Inverse

  Instead, the leaders of these tech giants have only increased enforcement actions against prominent political voices online while continuing to elude accountability.
Source: YallPolitics

Jamie Gillan — Consistency seems to elude the Giants’ punter.
Source: Big Blue View

A third candidate might be her apparent belief that the deepest levels of mathematical explanation will always elude human comprehension.
Source: The Daily Beast

Overall gun violence declined by significant amounts, though the exact numbers elude me.
Source: Star Tribune

Soccer’s most prolific modern-day scorer might yet, at the age of 37 and probably playing in his last World Cup, claim the one major title to elude him in a career like no other.
Source: The Associated Press en Español

Photo: Michael KinneyWoodrow Wilson (Texas) receiver Jamel Toney-Black attempts to elude South Oak Cliff defender Keith Smith.
Source: Scorebook Live

The aviation unit from the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) aviation helped deputies locate a man who tried to elude them by hiding in a tree.
Source: Hernando Sun

Long ago, I’d solved players’ fears of an ulting Genji with a well-placed helix rocket to the ground by Soldier 76 (free tip, btw), but Ramattra’s toolkit always found a way to elude me as an attacking or defending force.
Source: Kotaku

One of his best qualities is the ability to change direction or elude a tackler without needing to throttle down.
Source: 247Sports

One of his best qualities is the ability to change direction or elude a tackler without needing to throttle down.
Source: Bleacher Report

Photo: Michael KinneyWoodrow Wilson (Texas) receiver Jamel Toney-Black attempts to elude South Oak Cliff defender Keith Smith.
Source: Scorebook Live

Opting for a design style that favors simplicity and angular edges over BTAS’s moody detail, STAS latched onto Superman’s finest qualities in a way that has seemed to elude filmmakers since 1978.
Source: Vulture

Yet as his style shifted, he began to elude critics, and in the early ’90s, he left the city altogether, departing for Bali, where he continued to operate a studio up until the end of his career.
Source: ARTnews

If these issues are not addressed, providing assured 24X7 power for all may elude us.
Source: BusinessLine

But apparently there is one superpower that will forever elude all our most popular heroes across the entirety of their ever-expanding extended universes — and it's eating pussy.
Source: Mashable

And he’ll have to elude pursuit by Syril, Dedra, and the long arm of the ISB.
Source: The Ringer

What about the lower-profile work that’s destined to elude the Academy’s limited radar? I’m thinking of A Love Song‘s Dale Dickey, a character actor best known for playing fearsome trailer-park types, giving a gentle sigh of a lead performance as a Colorado widow reconnecting with a childhood sweetheart (Wes Studi)? Or Aubrey Plaza, channeling her tensely coiled deadpan into a riveting portrayal of a woman caught in a vicious cycle of economic precarity and bad decisions in Emily the Criminal? And Léa Seydoux, who gives my favorite performance of the year as a single mother dealing with an ailing father and a new lover in Mia Hansen-Love’s quietly magnificent One Fine Morning.
Source: Hollywood Reporter

He was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center on charges of fleeing to elude law enforcement, providing false information to law enforcement, possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting an officer without violence.
Source: Suncoast News

Even Google, as the market leader, has committed to cuts in its Assistant segment as the business model for monetization continues to elude the world's most prominent tech players.
Source: Windows Central

But before Monday, he had managed to elude criminal charges.
Source: The New York Times

  Purdy was able to elude defenders by escaping the pocket or simply moving away just enough to buy himself time.
Source: Sports Illustrated

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