Sentence examples for open declining from inspiring English sources

The U.S.T.A., which oversees her training, tried to discourage her from playing in the Open, declining to pick up her expenses because she was not in peak shape.

Edwards, when asked if Hatchette was having trouble getting open, declined to blame the receiver.

The Open declined to make available the director of officials, the tournament referee or any top umpires.

The fans in Flushing embraced Sharapova upon her return to a major — in May, the organizers of the French Open declined to give Sharapova a wild-card entry — but many athletes seethed at her return, and mulled darker questions.

I hadn't had much experience outside economy, but I didn't want to look like a front-of-the-plane rookie, so I stowed my "amenity kit" without ripping it open, declined the first cocktail a flight attendant offered me, and tried to appear engrossed in a book while the passenger nearest me bounced around like a four-year-old at a birthday party.

Under President Clinton, open feuding declined.

A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutors' office said that investigation was open, but declined comment.

But he emphasized that the French Embassy would remain open and declined to specify how many people would be sent home.

The district official who organized yesterday's open house declined to comment, and asked a reporter to leave the office.

The company announced recently that United States sales of its Cypher drug-coated stent, for helping keep coronary arteries open, had declined by 41percentt.

The government emphasised on Thursday that the island remained very much open – but declined to reply to the paper's claims.