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View definitions for declining

declining

adjective as in decadent

adjective as in descendent

adjective as in descending

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adjective as in downhill

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adjective as in elderly

adjective as in retrograde

adjective as in shrinking

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noun as in declination

noun as in thumbs-down

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Example Sentences

A senior Iranian official in Pakistan later confirmed the strike took place, declining to elaborate.

The Newsroom is over, newsrooms as we traditionally understand them are rapidly declining, and New Media is here to stay.

Of course, declining or stagnant wage growth started well before this president took office.

Death by pills or lethal injection might be unnatural, but she believes that declining nourishment and medications is not.

The result is safe seats that lead to apathy and voter impotence, leading logically to ever-declining voter turnout.

If you have a reason for declining to play, do so decidedly when first invited, and do not change your decision.

If, after affliction, your friends call before you are able to see them, do not fear to give offence by declining to receive them.

Mèste Ambroi, declining at first to sing, says "Li mirau soun creba!"

But what, in the name of the great prince, is the meaning of her declining the urban expedition?

The fur-seal fishery is an important industry, though apparently a declining one.

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On this page you'll find 477 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to declining, such as: depraved, immoral, degenerate, evil, lost, and wanton.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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