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Discover LudwigThe phrase "cease waiting" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when instructing someone to stop waiting for something or someone. Example: "After several hours of delay, the manager decided it was time to cease waiting for the delivery."
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For soccer fans, the game is probably inherently suspenseful; for the rest of us, suspense arises from our hope (expectation, anticipation) that this body will cease waiting (like us) and starting moving (like a star).
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"If we cease operation waiting for federal monies to come through, I can't keep my network and talent pool together.
After the first cease and desist, I waited a couple of weeks and reposted it as the "Martial Arts Turtle Sex Museum".
We doubt Anonymous will wait for a cease and desist notice.
Uber is pulling the brakes on its service in Morocco, which will cease on February 23, as it waits (and hopes) for local regulators to accommodate app-based ride-hailing.
While he waits, Eric can cease the steroids and slowly let the inflammation smother his organs, one by one, in hopes that he'll get the Remicade in time to revive them, or he can continue the steroids and risk not only the side effects but a highly weakened immune system in which case the tiniest infection could turn lethal.
Yet as hours turned to days and the days into a week, many commenced to wonder if the waiting would ever cease.
After termination of the controlled study, training at the workplace was ceased for approximately 16 months while waiting for the research report with the main results.
At 12 30AM, when one of the attendants told the packed crowd waiting outside that entry would cease at 1 00 AM, guests started surging forward.
Arab, European and American diplomats all say, for example, that Mr. Abbas may be waiting for a cease-fire before reaching an accord to take over the Gaza area.
"There is nearly a cease-fire, but we are waiting," Kamel Hmeid, the Fatah leader, said as he visited the Aida refugee camp, where many homes bore the scars of the Israeli incursion.
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