Eludes Sentence Examples

The mystery of how the line acquired its nickname still eludes the author.

They are undoubtedly convinced of the value of collaborations; their ability to achieve them for the same price somehow eludes them.

Despite much research, the mechanism by which carbon dioxide levels were reduced during cold glacial periods relative to warm interglacials eludes us.

It should not be denied that he did not always escape the pitfalls of such a method of treatment, the faces becoming sleek and prim, with a smirk of sexless religiosity which hardly eludes the artificial or even the hypocritical; on other minds, therefore, and these some of the most masculine and resolute, he produces little genuine impression.

As with many modern technologies, the exact mechanism by which portable air conditioners cool off a room eludes many people.

Thus for instance when any feudal institution (be it Gothic, Norman, or Anglo-Saxon) eludes our deciphering faculty from the imperfect records of its use and operation, then we endeavour conjecturally to amend our knowledge by watching the circumstances in which that institution arose."

If what is real in things is ultimately nothing but their relations, and if relations are inconceivable apart from the relating mind, what is this but the dissolution of the solid ground of external reality which my consciousness seems to assure me underlies and eludes all the conceptual network by which I try to bring one part of my experience into connexion with another ?

Everywhere the effect reveals an element which is indiscoverable in the cause with the result that the identity we seek for ever eludes us.

Red shadow makes a unique and eclectic statement that eludes confidence and sex appeal.