CESSATION in a Sentence

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Example sentences for CESSATION, such as:

1. He has now so far quieted that there are spells of cessation from his passion.
2. The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice.
3. The airline's employees threatened a cessation of all work if management failed to meet their demands.

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 Meanings and Examples of CESSATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cessation
 n.  bringing or coming to end; ceasing
Classic Sentence:
1  "I suppose you will go and stay with your brother and sister, Miss Dashwood, when they come to town," said Lucy, returning, after a cessation of hostile hints, to the charge.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
2  He was a tearful boy, and broke into such deplorable lamentations, when a cessation of our connexion was hinted at, that we were obliged to keep him.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
3  "But one thing is possible, one thing she might desire," he went on, "that is the cessation of your relations and all memories associated with them."
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 22
4  The tumult of cessation from lessons was already breaking forth, but it sank at her voice.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Mr. Sowerberry was much tickled at this: as of course he ought to be; and laughed a long time without cessation.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  He has now so far quieted that there are spells of cessation from his passion.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
Example Sentence:
1  It urges the immediate cessation of all acts of violence, provocation, incitement and destruction, and calls upon to return to negotiations.
2  The airline's employees threatened a cessation of all work if management failed to meet their demands.
3  The Syrian government “affirmed that it will provide the necessary cooperation, including the observance of the cessation of hostilities at the locations related to the incident.”