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Sentences ending with decline

Think well before you decline. [11]
If you remember, you asked me to go to London; it was too late either to go or to decline. [14]
At the same time, she could not help foreboding the worst from it; she was afraid that Margaret's health would give way under the strain, and that if she did not go into a sisterhood she would at least go into a decline. [8]
I am constantly receiving invitations which I am compelled to decline. [7]
Necessarily the blonde now went into a decline. [5]
I made myself limitlessly obliging to these particular men; they could ask me no favor, put upon me no risk, which I would decline. [5]
The public banquet in New York, that was long remembered for its brilliancy, was followed by the tender of the same tribute in other cities, an honor which his unconquerable shrinking from this kind of publicity compelled him to decline. [4]
Then had begun his decline. [11]
Her death had followed a long period of gradual decline. [5]
From the first drop I drank, my spirits suffered a decline. [11]

More example sentences with the word decline in them

Of course you wouldn't decline my offer on Minnie's account. [9]
A second term would be a great honor and a great labor, which, together, perhaps I would not decline if tendered. [7]
While, for reasons which I deem sufficient, I must decline to preside, I cannot withhold my approval of the meeting and its worthy objects. [7]
I don't know whether I can make a success of it, and you are entitled to decline to take the risk. [9]
If they decline what I suggest, you scarcely need to ask what I will do. [7]
Angelo accepted, and was expecting Luigi to decline, but he did not, because he knew that the Bible class and the Freethinkers met in the same room, and he wanted to treat his brother to the embarrassment of being caught in free-thinking company. [5]
At first she wanted to decline, but when I proposed a pretty madrigal, yielded and took the soprano. [10]
With my present views, I must decline to remove General Schofield. [7]
I shall decline today for myself. [4]
There came others to the village, as, for instance, a series of clerks to the Avocat; but she would not decline from Armand upon them. [11]
I have declined to go to Mrs. ----, to Miss Martineau, and now I decline to go to you. [14]
Except it be to give protection against violence, I decline to interfere in any way with any presidential election. [7]
I shall have to decline standing upon it, because the president of the company tells me that I shall not have time to wait until it is brought to me. [7]
They were disposed to decline it, for since Monsieur was no Catholic, it was not his duty to help. [11]
Generous-hearted people would think that these grown- up sons and daughters should have returned the old people's long toil and care by buying up the farm and handing it back to them, their rightful refuge in the decline of life. [11]
If I decline the honor of being with you, believe me..." A shrewd, kindly, yet subtly derisive expression lit up Kutuzov's podgy face. [2]
The decline of the family fortunes seemed to have had as little effect upon her as upon her father, although their characters differed sharply. [9]
It is not the faith of that Society to which I belong to decline correction lest it may seem like war. [11]
He had watched the decline of Dyck's fortunes with an eye of appreciation; he had seen the clouds of poverty and anxiety closing in. [11]
It happened that the day was Sunday, and if we had been as punctilious as some New England Sabbatarians, we might have felt compelled to decline the tempting invitation. [6]
She had watched the day decline, the evening come, and the lighting of the crassets and the candles, and had waited to hear the words that meant more to her than her own life. [11]
I must decline the baronetcy, your honour. [11]
To tell them that she felt ashamed for herself and for them would be to betray her agitation, while to decline their offers to dress her would prolong their banter and insistence. [2]
He had entered that period which marks the decline of men who have ceased growing in knowledge and strength: from forty to fifty a man must move upward, or the natural falling off in the vigor of life will carry him rapidly downward. [6]
But, said I, suppose the victor should decline to accept his spoil? [5]
Antiquarians concede that such a personage as Hercules did exist in ancient times and agree that he was an enterprising and energetic man, but decline to believe him a good, bona-fide god, because that would be unconstitutional. [5]
That faintness which so often comes over people in decline, had seized her and was sweetening her last hours with pleasant dreams. [10]
It notices a rise where your untrained eye would not observe that one existed; it notices any decline which water will run down. [5]
It did not require much self-denial, perhaps, to decline the candidacy for mayor of New York, or the honor of standing for Congress; but he put aside also the distinction of a seat in Mr. Van Buren's cabinet as Secretary of the Navy. [4]
He came back presently and said his principal was charmed with the idea of brickbats at three-quarters of a mile, but must decline on account of the danger to disinterested parties passing between them. [5]
There was a parting, a lapse of years, and then the meeting on the 'Fulvia': with it, partial restoration of Mrs. Falchion's influence, then its decline, and then a complete change of position. [11]
Thus she writes on March 24th;-- "Anne's decline is gradual and fluctuating; but its nature is not doubtful. [14]
I do not often decline seeing people who call upon me, and probably will see you if you call. [7]
And the sons of these men who had passed through no school were already well-fitted and invited to give new splendor to cities in their decline, and new life to the learning of the countries they had subdued. [10]
Over the decline of the year flickered the ruined fires of energy. [11]
But in spite of all this success, and the number of those interested and committed in its behalf, Perkinism soon began to decline, and in 1811 the Tractors are spoken of by an intelligent writer as being almost forgotten. [6]
This fellow would not speak at all, and I did not urge him, but lay and watched the day decline and night come down. [11]
But it is not possible to get up a revolution there; so the only thing left to do, apparently, is to keep the throne vacant by dynamite until a day when candidates shall decline with thanks. [5]
No, I do not expect to be entertained by you, nor do I want you to expect me to entertain you and your friends to-night, for I decline to keep the engagement. [5]
The officer did not decline, but took the note quietly and thanked her. [2]
Now, I do not decline because I mind talking to an audience, but because (1) traveling alone is so heartbreakingly dreary, and (2) shouldering the whole show is such a cheer-killing responsibility. [5]
Most people did not choose to decline them. [11]
Sad as the necessity is to their delicate sensibilities, they never hesitate to advertise him of the decline of his powers, and to press upon him the propriety of retiring before he sinks into imbecility. [6]
It was this natural slight and not unpleasant semicolon pausing of the memory which grew upon him in his years of decline, until it rendered conversation laborious and painful to him. [6]
But we ourselves must not decline the burden of responsibility, nor take counsel of unworthy passions. [7]
As for the muscular powers, they pass their maximum long before the time when the true decline of life begins, if we may judge by the experience of the ring. [6]
Taking all the means within my reach to form a judgment, I do not believe it is the popular wish of Kentucky that this force shall be removed beyond her limits; and, with this impression, I must respectfully decline to so remove it. [7]
You must excuse me for going to the point at once, when I want to learn anything: if my questions are importunate, you are, of course, at liberty to decline answering them.--I am, yours respectfully, C. [14]
He offered a lieutenancy to Ferens, who had the courage to decline it. [11]
As for Proculus, it has been noted that he was associated with Bonosus, who was as renowned in the field of Bacchus as was Proculus in that of Venus (Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire). [5]
The approaching riders having descended a decline were no longer visible, but they reappeared a few minutes later. [2]
Yesterday the King had invited him to the palace for the first time, and to decline such an honour was impossible. [10]
Her salary, however, had been proportionately increased, and it did not decline when her office as governess became practically a sinecure as her pupils passed beyond the sphere of the schoolroom. [11]
M. Mornay had foreseen the timidity and sensitiveness of Jean Jacques, had anticipated his mistaken chivalry--for how could a man decline to take advantage of the Bankruptcy Court unless he was another Don Quixote! [11]
Let the three-months forces who decline to enter the longer service be discharged as rapidly as circumstances will permit. [7]
Courtesy is always due; but it is, perhaps, hardly to be expected that, in the press of business in a great publishing house, they should find time to explain why they decline particular works. [14]
Mama, dear, I don't go everywhere--I decline most things. [5]
If the physician does not at once act on any reasonable suspicion of his being the medium of transfer, the families where he is engaged, if they are allowed to know the facts, should decline his services for the time. [3]
He had to decline, because he wanted to live, now--that is, now that there was something to live for--and he could not survive in those clothes at a gentleman's table. [5]
Why should he decline help from his friend? [11]
Shall the Board decline bequests because they stand for one of these offenses every time and generally for both? [5]
If they cannot come to an amicable understanding, General Lane must report to General Hunter for duty, according to the rules, or decline the service. [7]
It was a challenge: how could he be such a coward as to decline accepting it. [6]
Of course, she can decline if she wants to; but this would be unwise. [5]
I heard a Californian student in Heidelberg say, in one of his calmest moods, that he would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective. [5]
It was the brilliant decline of the year. [4]
You have no blame for the lucky few who naturally decline to vacate the pleasant nest they were born into, you only despise the all-powerful and stupid mass of the nation for allowing the nest to exist. [5]
I decline to believe this story, but I give it because it is worth something as a fanciful illustration of a fixed fact--namely, that the Kanaka horse-jockey is fertile in invention and elastic in conscience. [5]
I decline to be present at these festivities. [5]
Wolf interrupted this avowal with the assurance that he must nevertheless decline a religious discussion with him, for the weapons they would use were too different. [10]
If by their answer they decline to come, or propose other terms, do not have them pass through. [7]
Of its disasters and speedy decline there is no more doubt than there is of the opinion of Smith that these were owing to his absence. [4]
Friends and relations advised Nicholas to decline the inheritance. [2]
Pride condescended, for a few moments, to decline from Lady Lawless upon herself, she was even pleasant to him, making him talk about Mr. Vandewaters, and relishing the enthusiastic loyalty of the supine young man. [11]

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