CESSATION in a Sentence

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For CESSATION, below is one of 9 sentences:
Mr. Sowerberry was much tickled at this: as of course he ought to be; and laughed a long time without cessation.

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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.”