Sentence examples for declined fairly from inspiring English sources

The death penalty's use in the United States has declined fairly significantly in recent years.

Also, Mitt Romney got a strong number in the Fox News national survey — and the stock market declined fairly significantly, which lowered the model's economic index.

More guns might be expected to mean more influence for the NRA, except that the number of households with guns has actually declined fairly consistently since 1973.

More guns might be expected to mean more influence for the N.R.A., except that the number of households with guns has actually declined fairly consistently since 1973.

The bank board survey said mortgage rates had declined fairly steadily since peaking at 15.24 percent for a fixed-rate loan in July 1984.

For example, income, after adjustment for inflation, declined fairly substantially for households headed by people under age 62, but it rose 4.7 percent for those headed by people 65 to 74, many of whom are not in the labor force.

"It's likely our capabilities will decline fairly precipitously at just the time they're most needed," he said.

However, Mr. Romney will need to see Mr. Obama's numbers decline fairly soon if he wants to bank on the convention bounce hypothesis.

"It's likely our capabilities will decline fairly precipitously at just the time they're most needed," said Dennis Hartmann, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington and the chairman of the committee that produced the report.

Though the United States remains one of the largest oil producers in the world, it has been an importer since the late 1940s, with imports rising and domestic production declining fairly steadily year after year over the last quarter-century, until recently.

The Canadian dollar -- nicknamed the loonie because of the loon depicted on dollar coins -- has been declining fairly steadily for three decades, a drop that has angered Canadians and puzzled the nation's leading economists.