Sentence examples for steadfastly declined from inspiring English sources

Colin Powell steadfastly declined to take up this challenge.

The company has steadfastly declined to respond to speculation.

The opposition has steadfastly declined every option that entails a return to the ballot box".

He has steadfastly declined to comment on his life beyond Disney.

Yet presidents have steadfastly declined to sign death warrants.Nothing suggests Mr Rajapaksa will buck the trend.

Bishop Murphy has steadfastly declined to publicly discuss his time in Boston.

Current TV purposefully has kept quiet about Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee, steadfastly declining to comment on their status.

Mr. Obama has disappointed many commentators in the Muslim world by steadfastly declining to condemn the Gaza operation, and he maintained his silence over the weekend as Israel began a ground invasion.

By steadfastly declining to reveal when and where he takes his R & R, Mr. Bloomberg is trying to change the culture that mayors have embraced since at least the days of Fiorello H. La Guardia, of being on the job, around the clock, and when leaving town for the very occasional vacation, of telling New Yorkers -- whether they cared or not -- where they were headed.

Today, three decades after Trudeaumania swept Canada, his mystique remains strong, fed partly by the celebrations for his 80th birthday last fall, his reclusiveness -- he steadfastly declines interviews -- and sympathy for the loss of his youngest son in an avalanche 14 months ago.

All this is set to beats that steadfastly decline to swing, a lock-stepped quick march across the dancefloor.