Example sentences for: declined

How can you use “declined” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Nancy Griffin writes in "Hollywood Strikes Back" that Michael Eisner extended an olive branch to former friend Mike Ovitz, but Ovitz declined to accept it.

  • He declined invitations from Democrats and Republicans to run for the Senate in California and resisted efforts to draft him into the 1988 presidential race.

  • (Sensibly, Gates' dad declined the advice.)

  • Even with preferential tax treatment for employer-sponsored retirement saving plans and individual retirement accounts, the personal saving rate has steadily declined.

  • Although publishing itself has declined in importance, one legacy of the industry is the number of bookstores selling second-hand, antiquarian, and new books.


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