Sentence examples for battle ceased from inspiring English sources

And the three most successful monarchs since personal leadership in battle ceased to be the major qualification for successful rule, as it was in the Middle Ages, have all been women: Elizabeth I and II and Victoria.

This measure helped the Muslims hold their ground, and eventually both sides wearied and the battle ceased for the day.

Some of those questions may remain even after contemporary battles cease: how much faith is involved in the workings of reason and how much reason lies in the assertions of faith?

The battle finally ceased when a shell from Virginia struck the pilot house of Monitor and exploded, driving fragments of paint and iron through the viewing slits into Worden's eyes and temporarily blinding him.

Go for the full cable drop (a.k.a. cord-cutting) and release the temptation for TV in the bedroom (which isn't feng shui to begin with) or ban the project, return both antennas and pray for the cable-network battle to cease.

Every element in last week's event was designed to symbolize the moment at which Colombia's political battles would cease to be fought with weapons.

Battling without cease over every conceivable subject.

Battles, in brief, ceased to be distinct events that could be well defined in time and place and easily identified by crossed swords on a map.

By the end of the first day of battle, the Ottoman 7th Division had ceased to exist and the Ottoman front line (which had previously stretched east-west from the coast) had been pushed and bent back to run north-south.

Because the Chetniks failed to assist the Partisans in the battle, the Yugoslav Central Committee ceased all further attempts to cooperate with them and issued a declaration on 22 January to "Bosnians!

Wagner's two-hundredth anniversary arrives next May, and we will be reminded again, if any reminder is needed, of the aesthetic and political battles that have never ceased to rage around this composer.