Sentence examples for declined attempts from inspiring English sources

Julius Caesar declined attempts by his constituents to have him wear a crown, explaining, "Non rex sum sed Caesar" -- "I am not a king but Caesar".

Between 1998 and 2004, 23 men (mean age: 63 years) with biopsy proven prostate cancer, who had declined attempts at curative cancer treatment and hormonal therapy, were given full informed consent and offered the opportunity to try a strictly dietary and nutritionally oriented conservative protocol.

McNabb had declined previous attempts by the news media to discuss Obama until now.

Boras declined all attempts by the Mariners to speak with Rodriguez directly, angering club officials and creating a contentious atmosphere.

McKinley declined repeated attempts to be interviewed for this article.

ABPM confirmed the 24-h SBP, 24-h PP, nighttime SBP and SBP MESOR to be significantly higher in T1D patients (one T1D patient with recording duration of 20 hours, who declined further attempts, was excluded from the correlation analysis) than in control subjects and siblings (Table 3).

At the beginning of the chapter titled "Instinct" in his crucial work On the Origin of Species (1859), he declined to attempt to define the term: Several distinct mental actions are commonly embraced by this term; but everyone understands what is meant, when it is said that instinct impels the cuckoo to migrate and to lay its eggs in other birds' nests.

The study aimed to identify the sociodemographic factors and pregnancy events associated with Chinese women who declined to attempt vaginal birth after CS.

Until then, Senate Democrats have declined to attempt to seat the current victor.

Rigorously-applied silvicultural measures, similar to the Oregon eradication regime, could potentially slow disease spread at the fringes of the California infestation; however, the state and federal regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over private California forestlands have declined to attempt such efforts.

When Ninten declines, Gyiyg attempts to put Ninten to sleep.