Sentence examples for desisted of from inspiring English sources
The negative reaction to this in public opinion was on a par with the disclosure late last year that the president's son Jean, a 23-year-old law student, had been put in line for election as president (he eventually desisted) of a major public authority managing La Défense, the business district adjoining Paris.
He granted his students' request to hold a seminar on anti-Semitism (centered on Sartre's book), but the French military commander in Berlin ordered him to desist, on the ground of political sensitivities.
A resolution that directed all town departments "to cease and desist use of the Coat of Arms as soon as practicable" was introduced, and around midnight it was unanimously approved by the board.
But, the most outrageous piece of information coming out of CAMH was Dr. Zucker's claims that gender dysphoria desisted in 80percentt of cases.
Color's lawyers earlier this week sent a cease & desist to the developer of Instacolor Instalook, asking him to change the name of the iPhone app pronto.
Royal aides were keen to stress that this was not an attack on press freedom, but was a request to the individual to cease and desist harassment of George and his nanny.
Ms. Johansson desisted, she told The Times of London.
Nor has he desisted from targeted killings, some of which coincide eerily with moments when the extremist organisations say they are poised to cease fire.
Banc of America neither admitted nor denied the charges filed against it but agreed to cease and desist from violations of the sections of the Securities Exchange Act.
Americans should insist that Mr. Bush cease and desist his practice of giving speeches exclusively before either oath-of-loyalty-taking supporters who adore him or captive military audiences, who by the very nature of their occupation and training are skittish to debate the president.
During the series' original run a lot of large companies sent "cease and desist" orders because of the parodies, so Topps was always looking for "fresh meat".
