Sentence examples for action declining from inspiring English sources

Why, then, is support for government action declining?

In reaction to that furor, the F.E.C. took typical evasive action, declining last week to define the 527's for what they are: thinly disguised political action committees that should be covered by the campaign finance laws.

The storm surge in the area of the Rigolets Pass was estimated to be 16 feet, not including wave action, declining to 7 feet at Madisonville.

Morris, the editor of "Action!," declined to comment.

Whether the lawsuit is a direct response to the Cirque deal is unclear: James Nederlander Jr., who is pursuing the court action, declined to comment through a spokesman.

Erika Soto Lamb, a spokeswoman for Everytown for Gun Safety, the umbrella group that includes Moms Demand Action, declined to say how much the ads cost, saying only that the amount was in the "six figures".

And President Obama poisons the well by his lawless executive actions, declining to enforce laws that are on the books and making up others out of whole cloth.

The state attorney general's office, which is defending the state's actions, declined to comment.

If you look at the line graph comparing police actions and shootings that accompanied the report, it's true that there are stretches over the 41-month period that the paper analyzed in which police actions decline dramatically while shootings go up.

As shown in the figure below, the number of new enforcement actions declined sharply towards the beginning of 2016 and then leveled.

The true test will come when they are asked to use that clout – by dropping out of trade associations that undermine climate action, or declining to support political candidates who don't take the threat of global warming seriously.