Ripples are difficult to capture, and the stone itself, like any moving object, is equally elusive.

He'd searched for hidden passages too, knowing the Spider must have ways of coming and going unseen, but those had proved equally elusive.

The evidence for what Senator Clinton called "probably 10,000 children who have lost one or both parents" can be equally elusive.

The Blur's tigerish snarl was a response that proved equally elusive.

Although the pop charts have nothing to do with artistic quality, they measure something equally elusive and fascinating: popularity.

She has been equally elusive since her inauguration, but her reticence matters less now because others have taken the lead on the tax issue.

The tomato's defensive warning signal has proved equally elusive.

It is not nostalgia that is celebrated here but an equally elusive urban ideal.

The ambitious eightfold gain that Europe is aiming for has proved equally elusive.

When she was feeling better and hard at work, she could be equally elusive.