Sentence examples for politely turned down from inspiring English sources

He politely turned down the Kremlin's offer.

But I was politely turned down.

Fashion designers have asked to rent the space for their shows, but have been politely turned down.

In 2008, a request to advertise Viagra with the slogan "We are 10 years old – Mandela is 90" was politely turned down.

The Ninja Tune label, which had politely turned down her previous efforts, was impressed by her progress and promptly signed her.

"There is an old type of aristocracy that will only be in the background," said Ingrid Seward, remembering how one of Diana's older sisters, Jane Fellowes, politely turned down a chance to talk to Majesty magazine about her sister.

He is the kind of man who will politely turn down a slot on a political show to attend his 10-year-old son's school sports day.

("You're quite bleak, John", murmured Florence, politely turning down the offer of a wrestling masterclass afterwards).

"It's going to be cool," Tryon said, talking about the tournament in Phoenix while politely turning down the volume blasting from his car's formidable speakers.

Walk away from a free bar, politely turn down a glass of wine or quietly, apologetically, ask for an apple juice and your companions will demand that you explain yourself.

To prepare my ski legs I took the open, red Sonnenpiste run to the mid station at Gurschen, politely turning down the Swedes' invitation to join them on the challenging Guspis off-piste route towards the neighbouring village of Hospental, for lunch in the Gasthaus St Gotthard.