Ceases

Examples

• Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The effect instantly ceases when the current is interrupted by breaking connection with either pole of the battery. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• So soon as a government departs from that standard, it ceases to be anything more than the gang in possession, and its days are numbered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• During the motion of the coil, a strong deflection of the galvanometer is observed; but the deflection ceases as soon as the coil ceases to rotate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Experience then ceases to be empirical and becomes experimental. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Reason ceases to be a remote and ideal faculty, and signifies all the resources by which activity is made fruitful in meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The cause ceases; the effect must cease also. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• When the landlord, however, ceases to do his part, it is altogether impossible that the tenant should continue to do his. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If the tumblers be filled with strong diluted acid, the motion is at first very rapid and powerful, but it soon almost entirely ceases. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Of this impression there is a copy taken by the mind, which remains after the impression ceases; and this we call an idea. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• The waters of the Amazon begin to rise and the work ceases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The pressure inside the bottle therefore quickly becomes equal to that of the receiver, and the water ceases to flow through the tap, until some of the air is allowed to escape. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The revolving movement ceases after the early growth of each shoot. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• Its position is just at that point where the street ceases, and the road begins to lie between a row of houses and the river. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But those hours past, our relation ceases; and then comes in the same respect for their independence that I myself exact. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• At the narrow end of the cue, the tapering ceases about three-quarters of an inch from the end and flanges out according to the kind of tip the player prefers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is the superiority of price which attracts them; and as soon as that superiority ceases, they necessarily cease to go thither. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The disparity I have mentioned, therefore, almost ceases to be disparity, and (virtually) all but disappears. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• On releasing the key the circuit is broken and magnetism instantly ceases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Where this reason ceases, property immediately takes place. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• When an oil well ceases to flow, it is rejuvenated by being shot, which is quite contrary to the ordinary conception of prolonging life. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• But the attractive, magnetic power of the coils stops as soon as the current ceases; hence there is nothing to hold the armature down, and it flies back to its former position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• If a strip of glass, rubber, mica, or paraffin is introduced anywhere in a circuit, the current ceases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As to the moral obligation, we may observe, that the maxim would here be false, that when the cause ceases, the effect must cease also. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Steel is less affected than soft iron for the time, but remains permanently magnetized after the current ceases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• But if the wheel is rotated rapidly, the ear ceases to hear the various taps and recognizes a deep continuous musical tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As this confidence goes, work ceases, except in so far as it can be rewarded by payment in goods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But take it away, and all _appropriation_ ceases, and a very pretty gallant charade remains, fit for any collection. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Teaching then ceases to be an educative process for the teacher. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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