Sentence examples for turned down something from inspiring English sources

But the volume can be turned down, something the commission said it insisted on.

After that, if I get a shot, why turn down something like that?

"As one commander said, 'We are blinded by our need".' It is uncommon in war for the "affected populations," as aid workers often call those who must live with the fighting, to turn down something free.

But the competitive nature of everybody was such that you weren't about to turn down something offered to you.

John, being one to never turn down something free, jumped on the opportunity.

"You have to decide whether you're going to turn down something wonderful so that you can focus on what's in front of you, or to pour it out to have more wonderful wine put in your glass".

As an insufferably cheap person, I find the idea of turning down something free unfathomable.

It just seemed a shame to turn down something that felt so right on so many levels, all because of wanting to maintain social approval.

It was like the volume on his otherness had been abruptly turned down and something else had been turned up.

It was like the volume on his other-ness had been abruptly turned down and something else had been turned up.

While some might have been shocked this week by the multi-billion dollar offers the start-up Snapchat turned down, I found something else entirely perplexing about the valuation of this little company: just how quickly it grew.