Declines
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Examples
- Say, Plornish, though six weeks in arrear to my proprietor, declines. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Life will ebb and flow to and from every region seasonally as the interest of that region rises or declines. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tom Moody rides up to the door of the Hall, where he is welcomed by the butler, who offers him drink, which he declines. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Declines to marry? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mortimer looks gloomy, and declines to answer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He declines to choose a profession. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Henry is entreating her to come; she declines. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Professionally he declines and he falls, and as a friend he drops into poetry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All that surrounds him hastens to decay; all declines and degenerates under his sceptre. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Declines to explain further, though much pressed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When the society declines, they fall even below this. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Then, before it becomes unwieldy, its growth declines and stops. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Say, Mrs Plornish declines. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I decline to account, and Rachel declines to account, for the extraordinary rapidity of our reconciliation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Lora