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Ursula declined, fearing enchantment. — Kate Atkinson

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, the more vital Godliness has declined. — Nathanael Emmons

I am declined
Into the vale of years. — William Shakespeare

He didnt like eggs....or her for that matter. So when she asked him to stay for breakfast, he declined. — Conor Lynch

The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased. — Michael Parenti

I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today. — Jeff Landry

An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster. — Livy

Fuel efficiency is reducing the fund's income per mile driven and the average number of miles driven per person has declined. — Robert Wright

And, dying, he declined to die. — Jack London

He declined to let us take our air rifles to the Landing (I had already begun to think of shooting Francis) — Harper Lee

Coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef has declined by fifty percent just in the last thirty years. — Elizabeth Kolbert

Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined. — G.K. Chesterton

Rome had Senators too, that's why it declined. — Frank Dane

After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal. — Anibal Cavaco Silva

But how is it justice, God? Why do I deserve this?" She waited. God declined to reply. How — Joyce Carol Oates

John Nobody, a Nobody Inc. spokesperson, declined to comment. Or prove his existence or the existence of the company he may or may not represent. — Jarod Kintz

My own death threats have declined considerably. — Ian McKellen

The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years; if anything it's been buffeted by her endless sorrows and disappointments. — Gary Shteyngart

Though the day of my Destiny 's over, And the star of my Fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find. — Lord Byron

Very gratefully, with grateful appreciation, with sincere appreciative gratitude, in appreciatively grateful sincerity of regret, he declined. — James Joyce

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath. — Jack Steinberger

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself. — Plutarch

Some cynical biographer said to me, Make sure it's a good death. Make sure you're not picking someone who just declined. — Hermione Lee

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth. — Edward Abbey

The Lannisters never declined, graciously or otherwise. The Lannisters took what was offered. — George R R Martin

She demanded, "Give up your life of idolatry and become a doctor."
I declined. "I have my geraniums to look after. — Nick Bantock

My looks by then had in any case declined to the point where only women would go to bed with me. — Christopher Hitchens

Rome had senators too, and that is why it declined. — Frank Dane

I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined. — Tim Gunn

When commerce with Moslems flourished, zeal for their massacre declined. — Barbara Tuchman

I've never declined to do an interview. — Ken Livingstone

There was always a real reason for everything - why spoons tarnished, and jam furred, and people declined into God, or drink, or card games. — Edna O'Brien

Lady Maccon declined in horror. She enjoyed most foods, but brussels sprouts were nothing more than underdeveloped cabbages. — Gail Carriger

But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it? Who at least ever declined a love secret? What sister could do so? — Anthony Trollope

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? — Will Rogers