illusive hopes of finding a better job. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
PS -- Yes, it's supposed to be "illusive" as in "illusory," as opposed to. From Wordnik.com. [Piggington's Econo-Almanac] Reference
South Atlantic Oceans; but this hope was illusive. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Fielding's residence in Barnes is no less illusive. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
She paused as if contemplating some illusive thought. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
The biggest issue is the lack of the ever illusive it factor. From Wordnik.com. [Tamara Conniff: It's Not Rocket Science. It's American Idol. What's the Problem?] Reference
PHAN TAS MA GO 'RIA, magic lantern; illusive representations. From Wordnik.com. [Sanders' Union Fourth Reader] Reference
Seduced by your illusive ambition, you will disown Josephine?. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
"An illusive hope that reconciles us with to-day," answered the. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Tantalizing, it lay like a shadow, illusive, unattainable as the. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Diamonds -- Brief, illusive happiness; (to find) loss; (to sell) peril. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Calling off his men from the illusive battery, the Corsair is off for the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Exact truth is as illusive to discovery by that as other pernicious methods. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Jean continued slowly, as if trying to put into words some illusive feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
His promises are true, though illusive; far truer than we at first take them to be. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
I took good care not to disturb the illusive hopes which my aunt had already conceived. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
May it never be the lot of my reader to be misled by the illusive mirage as I have been. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
You seek happiness in the evanescent wine and laughter of the illusive, superficial life. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
Thick, within and around us, lie the rich veins of illusive suggestion from which they spring. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Or the illusive woman who would be sick with him like a child lying on the sofa in fever and hoping. From Wordnik.com. [American Papyrus: 25 Poems] Reference
The illusive germ has come to be regarded by the layman with reserve -- nay more -- with suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration] Reference
It may also wrap dangerously irrelevant habits and institutions in a saving -- and illusive -- halo. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
The illusive idea that we are searching for is nothing hidden or mystic but right before our very eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Pictorial Photography in America 1922] Reference
The clamorous voices rang in her ears; vague shapes, illusive and shadowy, appeared to float before her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of the East] Reference
Here it may be stated that the term, "quicksand," is so illusive that a true definition of it is badly needed. From Wordnik.com. [Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth American Society of Civil Engineers: Transactions, Paper No. 1174, Volume LXX, December 1910] Reference
It is attributed to contrast; but if thus illusive, it is at least an illusion not to be looked out of countenance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
In her face that day they readily saw some faint, illusive sign of beauty heretofore unnoticed, or perhaps concealed. From Wordnik.com. [Bruvver Jim's Baby] Reference
The Rakshasa then created a number of illusive chargers which were riden by terrible Rakshasas armed with spears and axes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Starting from this interpretation, we can begin to order the baffling and teasing aspects, the illusive nature of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Preaching and Paganism] Reference
We chase the illusive glitter of fashion as though it was a crown of glory, and could impart dignity and peace to its wearer. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
Beneath her smiles Phil had sensed of late a vague unrest, disappointment -- he hardly knew what to call it, so illusive it was. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
What the mind really strives for is to start a train of ideas which shall suggest the illusive ideas involved in the desired answer. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education] Reference
Some of these are open and palpable; others are secret, illusive, little suspected, and liable to come unlooked for and without warning. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
Thus had Arethusa's life-long dream of becoming a missionary's wife proved neither illusive nor vain; and she had dropped the Toothaker. From Wordnik.com. [Hubert's Wife A Story for You] Reference
The Lord, O Arjuna, dwelleth in the region of the heart of beings, turning all beings as if mounted on a machine, by his illusive power. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Thereupon Narayana called his bewitching Maya (illusive power) to his aid, and assuming the form of an enticing female, coquetted with the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference
She was possessed by a desire to express in music the mystery of the wilderness afterglow, the wild, illusive feeling that had touched her. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
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