Sentence examples for declines telling from inspiring English sources

But Fred declines, telling her she knows the rules (re: women reading, even something as simple as letters on wooden blocks).

The heroes request that Kate bring the body up to them, but she declines, telling them that she is much too busy due to a rash of criminal uprisings going on in Gotham.

When Jon attempts to give Jorah (Iain Glen) back his family's sword, Longclaw ― the ancestral weapon of House Mormont for five centuries ― Jorah declines, telling the King in the North, "I brought shame to my house.

(Season 3, "Krazee-Eyez Killa") Upon being offered a tour of Jeff and Susie's spacious new abode, Larry declines, telling an irate Susie, "No, that's okay... Bedrooms, bathrooms, I get it.

He declined, telling them he'd rather get arrested.

But she declined, telling friends he would "drive her crazy".

He declined, telling her, "You permit feeble lines & feeble words".

She hoped that Francis would try the church, too, but he emphatically declined, telling her he didn't wish to hear any more "about this Jesus junk".

But the Justice Department declined, telling the states they did not want to burden the proposal with "a lot of heavy-handed regulation," one official said.

Atlas, which concentrates on documentaries for cable television networks including History and Discovery, declined, telling Mr. Blecker that it would rather make a film about him.

Wegener continued his coaxing calls into March, saying, "Not since the Great Depression have we had this kind of opportunity!" But Nordine finally declined, telling me, "I could positively make it work, and make ten times as much money.