#declined

A suggestion had been made to me looking toward a professorship in some Western college, but after due consideration, I declined to consider the matter. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#been #college #consider #consideration #declined

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#declined #enthusiasm #everything #grandma #hand

Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun. ↗

— Bill Walton

#been #changes #declined #fountains #fun

I was convinced that she was about to tell me my card was declined, and assumed Derek wanting to talk later meant he'd soon be telling me our life was declined. Everything, everyone had reached their limits with me. ↗

— Joshua Mohr

#life #metaphor #relatable #life

We are equally glad and surprised at Winston's return to office. It shows that he was built for success that he should have declined to withdraw and sulk over a superficial failure. ↗

— Shane Leslie

#declined #equally #failure #glad #office

Young, middle-aged, elderly, old, dead: this was how life conjugated. (No, life was a noun, so this is how life declined. Yes, that was better in any case, life declined. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#age

As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#centuries #christianity #correspondingly #declined #followed

Since Social Security was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to ensure economic security for American workers, poverty among American seniors has dramatically declined. ↗

— Steve Israel

#american workers #among #declined #dramatically #economic

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball. ↗

— John Thorn

#basketball #caliber #called #college #college football