Sentence examples for declined rather from inspiring English sources

She declined, rather crossly, to give her name.

He has also declined, rather conspicuously, to endorse Johnson, who finds himself in the strange position this week: he is arguing Paul's case more strenuously than Paul himself.

Mr. Rumsfeld said research into the effects of the sonar has shown "little if any impact on marine mammals," and he countered that the amount of military training on Okinawa and the noise levels "have declined rather than increased".

By a 3-to-1 margin, according to a Washington Post poll, the public now believes that the level of ethics and honesty in the government has declined rather than risen under Mr. Bush.

Verizon Communication's stock price declined rather steadily over the course of 2005 as investors fretted about competition from cable and the Internet.

Meanwhile, the rate of job openings as a percentage of total employment has declined rather sharply from 3.4% in January 2001 to 2.4% in May, the last month for which data from the BLS is available.

So far this year, the eurozone has been gently declining rather than collapsing.

EEF members felt the quality of Britain's infrastructure was declining rather than improving.

Your total tax revenues over a period of time would probably decline rather than go up.

In many parts of the world, free speech is declining rather than growing, so the need for an impartial, reliable news voice is greater than ever.

True green scenarios, with a declining rather than increasing water footprint, must be primarily based on solar, wind and geothermal energy.