Example Sentences

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“I fully concur with the finding of the Coroner’s Inquest panel, and I am declining to issue charges related to the death of Mr. King.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

“As soon as I feel I am declining, I don’t want to fall into a trap of wandering the halls where people are saying, ‘I wish he’d leave.’

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 19, 2012

I do know one thing," was the feeling answer, "and that is, that I am declining trouble and cost.

From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Read it, and you will perhaps understand that I am declining day by day, and that, humanly speaking, the end is very near.

From Yesterdays with Authors by Fields, James T.