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Definition
to stop or discontinue
- Her labors began with the dawn, and did not cease till long after nightfall.9 — Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders (28% in)
- My brother Willie and I often received portions of the crackers, cakes, and preserves, she made to sell; and after we ceased to be children we were indebted to her for many more important services.1 — Childhood (50% in)
- She watched her husband with unceasing vigilance; but he was well practised in means to evade it.6 — The Jealous Mistress (7% in)
- After a while it ceased.16 — Scenes At The Plantation (13% in)
- There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.16 — Scenes At The Plantation (53% in)
- Let us be thankful that some time or other we shall go 'where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest.'25 — Competition In Cunning (85% in)
- I sought out the kind captain, thanked him for his attentions, and told him I should never cease to be grateful for the service he had rendered us.31 — Incidents In Philadelphia (3% in)
- Sweet and bitter were mixed in the cup of my life, and I was thankful that it had ceased to be entirely bitter.33 — A Home Found (82% in)
- Let every colored man and woman do this, and eventually we shall cease to be trampled under foot by our oppressors.35 — Prejudice Against Color (99% in)
- She had gone "where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest."41 — Free At Last (89% in)
There are no more uses of "cease" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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