Sentence examples for unexpectedly turned down from inspiring English sources

After December's inconclusive parliamentary elections, Mr. Sánchez took center stage when Mr. Rajoy unexpectedly turned down an offer from King Felipe VI to try to form a new government, saying that he lacked the support.

But Jean Pisani-Ferry, director of Bruegel, an economic research institute in Brussels, said the Dutch case was different because the Netherlands was on a much sounder footing yet still ran into problems meeting its deficit targets when the economy unexpectedly turned down.

Holmes was offered the position toward the end of his stay in Baltimore but unexpectedly turned it down.

But in April 1999 the FDA unexpectedly rejected the panel's recommendation and turned down Natrecor.

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