Sentence examples for Will desist from inspiring English sources

"I hope he will desist... Let him desist".

For once the pundits will desist From Hyper Bowl hyperbole.

Robins said there were some other "tough challenges" in the game and added: "I could moan all day long but it sounds like sour grapes so I will desist".

A rat whose presses on a lever are followed by the delivery of a food pellet will press the lever again; if the only consequence of pressing the lever is the delivery of a painful shock, the rat will desist from this action.

Fear of being recognized will desist the offender from committing the crime.

This is because much crime is caused by the presence of easy opportunities and when those opportunities are removed some portion of offenders will desist from participating in crime altogether (Felson and Clarke 1998).

The law, Aquinas suggests, must use "force and fear" in order to restrain those who are "found to be depraved, and prone to vice, and not easily amenable to words," so that they will "desist from evil-doing, and leave others in peace," as well as become "habituated in this way," and "virtuous" (Aquinas, ST, I.II Q95 A1).

There is no love between the subjects of Dominick and Eliot 1979, a famous photograph of Mapplethorpe's, in which one man is hung upside down next to another, standing right side up, holding a cigarette – but the man holding the cigarette will desist or the game is over.

There is no love between Dominick and Eliot 1979, a famous photograph of Mapplethorpe's, in which one man is hung upside down next to another, standing right side up, holding a cigarette but the man holding the cigarette will desist or the game is over.

It's pretty tempting to dissect what makes Jamie T such an original, relatable and resoundingly appealing artist, but I'll desist for now – just in case he keeps his word.

As Hitler made it clear in his speech on January 30 that Germany will not desist from her colonial demands, it has been taken for granted here that Von Ribbentrop returned to London this week with instructions to bring the colonial question to the attention of the British.