Sentence examples for was to decline from inspiring English sources

So my instinct was to decline, politely.

"I saw the best way to get a man to commit was to decline being his girlfriend in the beginning and to continue seeing other men," she says.

A great director, his artistic career was to decline in the 1960s, though for a while his polished international thrillers prospered.

When I received an invitation to act as blog captain for the month of March, my first inclination was to decline.

Shows of Respect When the word came down this season that the league intended to honor LeBeau for his 50 years in football, his initial reaction was to decline.

Only small, independent companies and royalty owners, as well as owners of geopressurized methane gas wells, were allowed a percentage depletion, but it was to decline gradually to 15 percent beginning in 1984.

How bad would it be to decline a legitimate transaction?

That court's practice is to decline to answer questions not reserved.

And it is difficult to decline without being rude.

Pasternak was forced to decline the prize.

It was beginning to decline.