All 6 Uses of
cease
in
Ethan Frome
- The snow had ceased, and a flash of watery sunlight exposed the house on the slope above us in all its plaintive ugliness.†
Chpt Open
- The black wraith of a deciduous creeper flapped from the porch, and the thin wooden walls, under their worn coat of paint, seemed to shiver in the wind that had risen with the ceasing of the snow.†
Chpt Open
- This time the wind did not cease with the return of the snow.
Chpt Open *cease = stop or discontinue
- The small ray of Frome's lantern was soon lost in this smothering medium, in which even his sense of direction, and the bay's homing instinct, finally ceased to serve us.†
Chpt Open
- The sight of Mattie going about her work as he had seen her on so many mornings made it seem impossible that she should ever cease to be a part of the scene.†
Chpt 8
- THE QUERULOUS DRONE ceased as I entered Frome's kitchen, and of the two women sitting there I could not tell which had been the speaker.†
Chpt Close
Definition:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue