Sentence examples for departments declining from inspiring English sources

It, too, suffered from departments declining to participate.

The Treasury and State Departments declined to comment.

Government departments declined to comment while the litigation is ongoing.

Government departments declined to comment on the grounds that the litigation is ongoing.

(All three departments declined to comment for this article. The national-security council and the C.I.A. denied that there were any agreements in place).

Nine departments declined for reasons such as upcoming reorganization and time pressure.

The department declined further comment.

The department declined to comment.

The police department declined to comment.

Ultimately, the department declined to release Florida from the decree.

The corrections department declined to comment on the ruling.