Sentence examples for ceased about from inspiring English sources

Cratering on the largest scale seems to have ceased about three billion years ago, although on the Moon there is clear evidence for a continued cosmic drizzle of small particles, with the larger objects churning ("gardening") the lunar surface and the smallest producing microscopic impact pits in crystals in the lunar rocks.

Silver and Behn conclude that subduction virtually ceased about 1.5 billion years ago.

Recurrent attacks over the following days were treated successively with sc sumatriptan and/or oxygen inhalation, and progressively diminished in frequency, and ceased about 7 days later.

At almost the same time that back-arc spreading ceased (about 15 Ma), the IBA started to collide against the Honshu arc due to the northwestward movement of the PHS plate and back-arc opening of the Sea of Japan (Takahashi and Saito 1997).

The formation of the archipelago, which has never been connected to the mainland, began about 11 million years ago; active vulcanism ceased about 2 million years ago.

The pulsations that formed the rings probably started 15,000 years ago and ceased about 1,000 years ago, when the formation of the bright central part began (see above).

The rumors never cease about members of the FIFA executive committee and allegations of bribes amounting to millions of dollars for votes on World Cup bids.

The fighting had ceased by about 3 p.m. on Sunday, he said, though military aircraft, presumably French, continued to circle in the skies above Timbuktu.

When a trauma occurs, nail generation ceases for about 21 days.

So, having ceased worrying about butter, I immediately started worrying about food trends in a more general sense.

Finally he ceased thinking about it".