Sentence examples for lay declined from inspiring English sources

A spokeswomen for Mr. Lay declined comment and a spokeswoman for Mr. Skilling could not be reached.

Mr. Lay declined an invitation to address the Congressional committee yesterday, but he said he expected to testify in Washington at a later date.

Andrew Cavanaugh, a warden or lay leader, declined to comment on what was said.

Frito-Lay declined to comment.

A representative for Frito-Lay declined to comment, saying the company had not yet seen the complaint.

Several food and beverage operations including Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kellogg and Frito-Lay declined to discuss their labeling practices but insisted that they were doing nothing wrong and were abiding by the F.D.A.'s requirements.

On the day heifers were moved to the freestall pen, lying times declined by 2.9 h, but recovered on the following days.

Behind this poor performance lies the declining morale of the two main components of the putative European superpower: Germany and France.

The reasons for poorer ratings for service and research may lie in declining provincial health budgets in the Western Cape Province over the past 10 years, which have reduced funding available at tertiary level, where much of the training takes place.

As she lay dying, Sister Dorothy declined most of her 23 medications not essential for her heart condition, prescribed by specialists but winnowed by a geriatrician who knows that elderly people are often overmedicated.

And in her last days, as she lay at home declining, Jackie listened constantly to recordings by some favorite singers: Dawn Upshaw, Olga Borodina, Renée Fleming and her beloved Plácido Domingo.