Sentence examples for attempted to decline from inspiring English sources

And there was a particularly charming instance of this last week when Alasdair Gray attempted to decline the £5,000 Saltire prize (because, it later emerged, he had long felt awards "ought to go to younger writers").

When Delevingne attempted to decline, she says his assistant encouraged her to go with him. .

Anne was high church, and Burnet, knowing she was unhappy, attempted to decline the appointment, but the King insisted he accept it.

3. Candidate said her main job was being a psychic/medium and tried to read interviewer's palm, despite interviewer's attempts to decline the offer.

With impairments of these signalling pathways also observed with age following muscle contraction (Fry et al., 2011), a recent study using mouse models attempted to recapitulate declining human serum IGF-I concentrations with age.

Of the 2269 controls we attempted to recruit, 677 declined participation and 357 were unable to be interviewed; thus, 54.4% (1235 controls) participated.

Among the 2,269 controls we attempted to recruit, 677 declined to participate and 357 were not interviewed due to serious illness, impairment, or not responding to multiple attempts to contact.

Among the 2269 controls we attempted to recruit, 677 declined to participate and 357 were not interviewed because of serious illness, impairment, or failure to respond to multiple attempts to contact.

Hayes got up to shake the man's hand, and Cutler attempted to diagnose the decline.

Cole Haan, out in East Hampton.... ..... Hayes got up to shake the man's hand, and Cutler attempted to diagnose the decline.

Influenced both by Diego Velázquez and by Juan Carreño de Miranda, he attempted to halt the decline of Spanish art, and his work was greatly admired at the time.