Nor was reading, especially with the way his eyesight had been declining of late.

Officials also declined to say how many of businesses supplied credit-card numbers to the ring.

Although the church is still running, it has been slowly declining by a lack of funding and of village attendance.

Yet the democracies persist in believing it will decline of itself and inevitably grow more moderate.

Far from declining, of course, the Dow Jones industrial average is now almost 1,500 points higher.

As more nations joined, the American share declined to its current 25 percent of the regular budget.

The licensing board, however, "declined to take official notice" of the objections.

Oreskes declined to tell him, of course, who the Times ' sources were.

Some will decline, of course, but they will still be official Auxiliaries.

He invited his ex-girlfriend to his wedding, but she declined of course.