All 14 Uses of
cease
in
Sons and Lovers
- Now she ceased to fret for his love: he was an outsider to her.†
Chpt 1.1ceased = stopped or discontinued
- 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 1.3cease = stop or discontinue
- 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 1.6ceaselessly = in a manner that does not stopstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaselessly means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- But his mother had ceased to listen.
Chpt 2.8 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- She drew her lace unceasing.†
Chpt 2.10unceasing = not stopping or discontinuingstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unceasing means not and reverses the meaning of ceasing. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Gradually he ceased to ask her to have him.†
Chpt 2.11ceased = stopped or discontinued
- If they knew, they'd cease to understand.†
Chpt 2.12cease = stop or discontinue
- The rattling ceased.†
Chpt 2.12ceased = stopped or discontinued
- 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 2.13ceases = stops or discontinues
- The tears ran down his face without ceasing, but not a muscle moved.†
Chpt 2.13ceasing = stopping or discontinuing
- His voice ceased.†
Chpt 2.14ceased = stopped or discontinued
- In a few moments they would cease to occupy that place, and just the space would be, where they had been.†
Chpt 2.15cease = stop or discontinue
Definition:
to stop or discontinue