turn down

Example Sentences

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Exhausted by the end of the day, I began turning down evening invitations from friends and colleagues.

From The Wall Street Journal

The museum, which until 2018 was called the Royal Museum for Central Africa, has disclosed that it turned down a request from a US company suspected of wanting to monetise the data.

From Barron's

My aunt turns down the burner and motions for us to sit at the polished wooden table.

From Literature

For the first time since founding Myrmikan, junior miners have started turning down financing deals, he notes.

From MarketWatch

In her “Vanity Fair” cover story last year, Charli told writer Anna Peele that she turned down a Brat Tour documentary, despite her label pressuring her to make one.

From Salon