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"Decline" in a Sentence (36 examples)
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
There was a rapid decline in stock prices.
The company is turning to export markets to make up for a decline in domestic sales.
All of us want prices to decline.
Between overworking and under-sleeping, her health has begun to decline.
The yen's appreciation accelerated the decline of that company.
Although 475AD is the year that shows the 'decline' of the Roman Empire, it is not the year of its 'fall'.
Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
Nobody anticipated such a sharp decline in interest rates.
The decline can be traced to the 1950s.
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After taking a right from that turn a decline will come into view.
He has experienced a sudden decline in his health.
Educational standards are on the decline.
The country's global reputation is in decline.
In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.
Population decline is a major concern.
Town-centre retailers have seen a decline in footfall.
It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
"It knows it has to plan for managed decline, but it can't even plan for managed decline if it doesn't know how much decline to manage."
The issuing bank only checks the consumer's credit card number for authorization. […] Soft declines are those declines in which the bank requires further verification.
The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001.
My health declined in winter.
After her sother died, Connie began to decline noticeably.
in melancholy site, with head declined
And now faire Phoebus gan decline in hast / His weary wagon to the Westerne vale.
You have declin'd his means.
He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline it.
a line that declines from straightness
conduct that declines from sound morals
Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Could I decline this dreadful hour?
“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment.” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.
On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer.
after the first declining of a noun and a verb
Decline all this, and see what now thou art. For happy wife, a most distressed widow; For joyful mother, one that wails the name; For one being sued to, one that humbly sues; For queen , a very caitiff crown'd with care[…]
The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain.
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