Sentence examples for down the invitations from inspiring English sources

That's why budget-minded people who are invited weddings may opt to turn down the invitations, according to a Reuters article published Tuesday.

Instead, the center invited two Chinese Foreign Ministry officials, but the Chinese turned down the invitations.

For some of those who turned down the invitations — 17 stayaways among the 64 diplomatic missions accredited in Oslo — their absence was depicted as no more than a question of scheduling.

Once you've got all that down, the invitations to speak for money will come, and so will the rest of it.

He was invited to appear at Woodstock in 1969 but turned down the invitation, preferring to remain in the Netherlands, where he was writing music at the time.

The TUC briefly contemplated inviting Mr Cameron on stage, but the Prime Minister turned down the invitation as it coincided with his planned paternity leave.

The 33-year-old skier added that if she were invited to the White House after the Olympics, she would turn down the invitation.

Bobby Orr, plagued by growing knee problems nearly turned down the invitation to play before reconsidering, while goaltender Rogatien Vachon, who was not initially invited to join the team, wound up playing every minute in the Canadian goal.

If you were invited to make art at the highest level, would you turn down the invitation because you couldn't predict how it would help you earn money down the road?

COSTA MESA — When Dan Chirilov received an e-mail from his longtime friend and co-worker inviting him to play golf at a special event, he turned down the invitation.

Allies insist that reports claiming he would turn down the invitation are premature.