Sentence examples for compelled to decline from inspiring English sources

When Goydos walked a gantlet of autograph-seekers Tuesday, extending flag-shaped items to be signed, he nearly felt compelled to decline.

In a letter to the Bookseller, he said he felt compelled to decline the honour because of Amazon's tax arrangements.

But Pasternak was forbidden to go to Stockholm and was compelled to decline the honor.

With regret, the 83-year-old Jefferson wrote that his ill health compelled him to decline the invitation to travel to Washington for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of American independence.

Lisa Allardice Buy this book at the Guardian bookshop Although completed in 1956, Doctor Zhivago wasn't published in Pasternak's native Russia until 1988; and the Kremlin compelled him to decline the Nobel prize which he was awarded in 1958 after the novel's success abroad.

In 1874, Spencer turned down an invitation from the Foreign Secretary to a reception for Emperor Alexander II of Russia, excusing himself from the sartorial formality in the formal third person: "The necessity of wearing a levee dress, to which Mr. Spencer has an insuperable objection, compels him to decline the offered pleasure".

One News Now reported, "It is 'frankly offensive,' says the attorney, that President Obama 'feels compelled to export American culture's decline in morality, and export that immorality to other nations that are trying to adhere to traditional principles relative to human sexuality.'".

In order to support revenue growth in the face of declining distribution, however, programmers are compelled to raise prices even faster.

One possible explanation can be found in the results from women who volunteered a reason for declining, and several individuals felt compelled to discuss with a family member whether to participate.

"Mainframes are a business in slow decline, but people are not compelled to throw out an application that works well on a mainframe".

Director Lynne Ramsay accepts that "You're compelled to know the reasons" why Kevin does what he does, but declines to apologise for neglecting to read the riddle.