All 8 Uses of
cease
in
The Martian Chronicles
- At least the pulsations from their radios ceased at that time, so we figure that if the men were alive after that they'd have contacted us.†
Chpt 6
- It made a hollow bubbling sound that ceased after a moment.
Chpt 7 *ceased = stopped
- But once the civilization calmed, quieted, and wars ceased, the question became senseless in a new way.†
Chpt 7
- It was a very quiet thing, with a great certainty to it; no laughter, no wildness, just a steady, decided, and ceaseless flow.†
Chpt 15
- "Horrid!" sobbed Miss Pope, and then ceased crying.†
Chpt 17
- LaFarge stroked the boy's soft curls and Tom ceased.†
Chpt 19
- Yellow lights were still burning in several stores, and a juke box that had played steadily for one hundred hours finally, with a crackle of electricity, ceased, making the silence complete.†
Chpt 23
- The quenching rain ceased.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(cease) to stop or discontinue