Sentence examples for declined out from inspiring English sources

In the 1990s I approached him for an interview on his period as high commissioner, but he declined, out of respect, he said, for "Jack Gowonn.

The Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, declined out of concern that he would be seen as too cozy with a company that has numerous business issues before the department, an administration official said.

A woman who could not possibly have been younger than 85, sitting on the same banquette as I and two feet away, caught me eyeing her tête de veau and turned directly toward me, saying "Voulez-vous essayer?" I declined, out of some idiotic politeness.

There was the embryo poet, an amateur historian and the blacksmith who claimed to have met the film director John Ford on the streets of Galway and was asked to appear in The Quiet Man, but declined out of filial duty.

Su is said to have encouraged Moore to ask English out on a dinner date to resolve the issue, which she eventually declined out of fear for her safety.

The company offered her a deferment, which would have simply delayed her required payment, but Williams declined out of fear it would hurt her credit score.

Gene flow continued to decline out to 4·1 km where it was detected at a low frequency (<0·06 %) (Teuber et al., 2004).

Single hemizygous TDP-43-43Q331K animals developed a late-onset, age-dependent, progressive motor deficit detectable by reduced rotarod performance from 3 months of age, which slowly declines out to 24 months, but is not fatal.

Our study suggests that telemedicine can be a useful element in the rehabilitation of patients with COPD who declines out-patient rehabilitation.

At the time, Orthodoxy was perceived to be outmoded and declining, out of touch with modern society.

Just as in the UK we often accept or decline out of politeness, the Chinese say yes or no in ways that an outsider might not understand.