Sentence examples for explicitly turned down from inspiring English sources
Although the government accused Lindh of having conspired to kill Americans for Al Qaeda, he said he explicitly turned down an offer to get involved in unspecified "martyrdom operations" in foreign countries, including the United States and Israel.
She cited the example of dropping the need to verify the fingerprints contained in the biometric visa of travellers from outside of Europe as an example of one measure that they explicitly turned down.
It was a way of creating fresh obstacles for East Berlin without explicitly turning down Grotewohl's proposal (Wettig, 2002: especially p. 175).
Minh and Thơ explicitly and bluntly turned down the bombing proposal in a 21 January meeting with US officials.
Some seem to have objected to the government in power; others have turned down a lesser honour, or one explicitly linked to empire, but accepted a damehood or the Order of Merit, for instance.
Imagine being turned down.
