Sentence examples for gently declines from inspiring English sources

He is a Vietnam vet suffering some psychological trauma, and when Arthur gently declines to read the manuscript Ross has got tucked under his arm, the threat of violence arises.

Seaward from this reef platform, the seafloor gently declines by 0.1° down to a 25-m water depth, which is the depth reached about 10 km offshore of the tip of Pakarang Cape (Fig. 1(A)).

The friend gently declined.

Doctor Who has gently declined to gently decline".

Their number, however, is gently declining.

("Substitutions gently declined," the menu advises).

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

Shows don't do that after 10 years; they gently decline.

When in doubt, she should gently decline tributes to her beauty and, if a clerk is insistent, shop elsewhere.

Future governments may let the state pension gently decline in value, and will almost certainly make you work until 70 before you get it.

Meanwhile I gently declined my pilot's invitation to spiral, pointing my finger at my open mouth to denote the potential fallout of such an activity.