All 14 Uses of
cease
in
Sons and Lovers
- Now she ceased to fret for his love: he was an outsider to her.†
Chpt 1.1
- When, in despair, she had ceased to tap, she saw him stir, then lift his face blindly.†
Chpt 1.1
- He was forced to resume a normal tone, and to cease to whine.†
Chpt 1.3
- Now, when Mrs. Morel heard the rattle of an empty coal-cart cease at her entry-end, she ran into the parlour to look, expecting almost to see her husband seated in the waggon, his face grey under his dirt, his body limp and sick with some hurt or other.†
Chpt 1.5
- When he was in trouble he moaned to her ceaselessly.†
Chpt 1.6
- But his mother had ceased to listen.
Chpt 2.8 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- She drew her lace unceasing.†
Chpt 2.10
- Gradually he ceased to ask her to have him.†
Chpt 2.11
- " "If they knew, they'd cease to understand.†
Chpt 2.12
- The rattling ceased.†
Chpt 2.12
- The town ceases almost abruptly on the edge of a steep hollow; there the houses with their yellow lights stand up against the darkness.†
Chpt 2.13
- The tears ran down his face without ceasing, but not a muscle moved.†
Chpt 2.13
- His voice ceased.†
Chpt 2.14
- In a few moments they would cease to occupy that place, and just the space would be, where they had been.†
Chpt 2.15
Definition:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue