All 7 Uses of
cease
in
Story of My Life
- I ceased making the sound "wah-wah" only when I learned to spell the word.†
Chpt 1ceased = stopped or discontinued
- I knew that I had ceased to be my mother's only darling, and the thought filled me with jealousy.†
Chpt 2
- She has never since let pass an opportunity to point out the beauty that is in everything, nor has she ceased trying in thought and action and example to make my life sweet and useful.†
Chpt 7
- On the third day after the beginning of the storm the snow ceased.†
Chpt 12
- Before I lost my sight and hearing, I was fast learning to talk, but after my illness it was found that I had ceased to speak because I could not hear.
Chpt 13 *
- I have never ceased to enjoy this pastime.†
Chpt 16
- The rumble and roar of the city smite the nerves of my face, and I feel the ceaseless tramp of an unseen multitude, and the dissonant tumult frets my spirit.†
Chpt 22ceaseless = never-endingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaseless means without and reverses the meaning of cease. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
Definition:
to stop or discontinue