Sentence examples for turned down efforts from inspiring English sources

Courts have turned down efforts to have him declared dead.

The five justices previously turned down efforts by gay rights advocates to get a ruling on the marriage issue.

David Cameron was accused of trying to pretend that he was not invited to the debate between five challenger parties, after turning down efforts by the broadcasters to get him to attend more than one.

The withdrawal of Keane, who could have collected a hat-trick before his early substitution (a reasonable penalty claim was turned down and a close-range effort ruled offside), instantly flattened the fizz from Ireland's game.

Amtrak approached more than 40 potential sources of capital for the renovation, according to a person involved in those efforts, but was turned down because it was losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year, making for poor creditworthiness in an anchor tenant.

She was turned down.

He was turned down.

They were turned down.

All were turned down.

Imagine being turned down.

It was turned down.