Example sentences for: declined

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

  • The WP reports that while in Washington for a benefit for a writers' organization, Calvin Trillin and Edward Albee declined a proffered invitation to meet with Clarence Thomas.

  • New AIDS cases declined 18 percent in 1997 but only 11 percent last year.

  • From 2 billion breeding individuals in the 1960s, Atlantic cod populations have declined by almost 90%, according to Hutchings.

  • I declined.

  • Low-income workers were to receive a one-to-one match on their contributions, and the match progressively declined based on income so that higher-income workers would receive a lower match or none at all.


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