Ceasing

Examples

• So they did, but their mistake was in ceasing to do well, and they learned this lesson through much anxiety and regret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But if there is any logic about the Marxist, it should be his declared political end for which he should work without ceasing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He insisted on the risk of not ceasing; and repeated his order that no alcohol should be given. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This artificial respiration ceasing, do I feel any faint flutter under my hand upon the chest? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But she was gradually ceasing to expect with her former delightful confidence that she should see any wide opening where she followed him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Had you seen her so, Mary, you would not have implied the possibility of her power over my heart ever ceasing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• No case is on record of a variable organism ceasing to vary under cultivation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Clym tried to imagine Venn's choice for a moment; but ceasing to be interested in the question he went on again with his gardening. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The five minutes extended to ten minutes, and these to a quarter of an hour; but no signs of ceasing were audible in the lively Dream. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There was no recovering Miss Taylornor much likelihood of ceasing to pity her; but a few weeks brought some alleviation to Mr. Woodhouse. Jane Austen. Emma.

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