In Paris his rich host Javal, a famous oculist, offered him a professorship and a salary to direct the movement, He declined. Modest and free: such were his tastes.

Tom politely declined Mary's invitation.

Tom declined their invitation.

Tom declined the offer.

Tom politely declined.

She politely declined the invitation.

Tom declined to say more.

Tom declined to provide details.

Tom declined to offer specifics.

Tom declined to give details.

Tom declined to comment further.

Tom declined to comment for this article.

Poverty declined by more than 50 percent in Latin America during the 2000s.

Tom declined to prosecute the person who stole from him, reasoning that the police and prison guards were far bigger criminals.

Tom declined to do an interview.

They declined to publish my book.

Since the early 1990s, mainly due to the decreasing seasonal sea ice in the Bellinghausen Sea, the population of the native Adélie penguin has catastrophically declined.

Tom declined my invitation.

Our profits have declined over the past few years.

He politely declined the client's request.

The university declined to answer.

Officials declined to comment.

Tom declined to confirm that.

Tom declined to be a witness.

Tom declined further comment.

Tom's offer was declined.

They have declined.

Mary knew about fishing with bare hands, but declined our offer.

I declined the invitation.

Mary declined the invitation.

After the volcanic eruption, this species declined.

Tom says he declined that deal.

The amount of dissolved oxygen in the world's oceans has declined by more than 2 percent between 1960 and 2010.

I politely declined Tom's invitation.

Layla declined to take the stand.

Dryas was almost tempted by this display of friendship and these splendid promises to give his assent to the marriage; but on the other hand he reflected that the girl seemed destined for a higher connection, and he feared that he might find himself in an irremediable difficulty should the maiden ever be identified and her parents learn that he had married her to a man of such low condition, merely for the sake of some presents. For this reason he refused his assent and declined all the gifts, at the same time entreating Dorcon not to be offended.

My offer was declined.

Sami's health has sharply declined.

Sami declined to press charges.

The number of flying insects collected in traps in nature reserves in Germany has declined by 75% over the last 25 years.

Mary declined to press charges.

Sami declined our request for an interview.

I declined to add a three-year protection plan to my newly purchased didgeridoo.

Tom declined a full scholarship and went to study breakdancing in Brazil.

I should have declined.

You should have declined the invitation.

But when our fortune and our hopes declined, / the treacherous King the conqueror's cause professed, / and, false to faith, to friendship and to kind, / slew Polydorus, and his wealth possessed. / Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power attest!

According to the World Wildlife Federation, several important commercial fish populations, such as Atlantic bluefin tuna, have declined to the point where their survival as a species is threatened.

The president politely declined to answer the delicate question.

Tom declined to talk to reporters.

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