Sentence examples for a small declining from inspiring English sources

He could relate to Kerouac as a young man from a small declining industrial town who had come to New York as a cultural outsider more than twenty years earlier — an unknown bursting with ideas and whom the insiders proceeded either to lionize or to condemn, and, in any case, badly misconstrue.

He could relate to Kerouac as a young man from a small declining industrial town who had come to New York as a cultural outsider more than twenty years earlier—an unknown bursting with ideas and whom the insiders proceeded either to lionize or to condemn, and, in any case, badly misconstrue.

The other monthly purchases show a small declining trend.

And that's down from 54.2% a year ago, though it's a small decline considering all the talk.

Also, lenders wrote off $49 billion in uncollectible loans, a small decline from a year earlier and the first year-over-year decline since 2006.

Analysts had been forecasting a small decline.

The jump came despite a small decline in serious crime in 2002.

It's true that confidence has shown a small decline over the last few months.

In fact, nonfarm payrolls showed a small decline, government figures show.

Analysts had expected a small decline, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.

Private firms actually added 246,000 workers, offset by a small decline in government payrolls.