Sentence examples for entirely cease from inspiring English sources

A torturer who hoped his apprentice would "never entirely cease to wince at the screams produced through his handiwork" must navigate between the poles of cruelty and pity that define his life.

Although Newton obviously had far less time available to devote to solitary research during his London years than he had had in Cambridge, he did not entirely cease to be productive.

From about the time of the American Civil War, the mountain was used as a quarry; this would not entirely cease until the 1970s.

A struggle began -- it has never entirely ceased -- to achieve a balance between Western modernity and Japanese tradition.

On July 4th, he appointed a close ally from the navy, Orlando Maniglia, as defence minister.But murmuring in the ranks may not have entirely ceased.

Hardliners have not entirely ceased to hope that the outside world will lose interest in micro-managing their region before stable institutions have been established there.

Cuneiform mostly fell out of use in around the 7th and 6th centuries BC, and had almost entirely ceased to be used except in scholarship by the 5th century AD or so.

A high density of population and limited economic opportunities provoked extensive emigration, mainly to the United States and Canada, from the end of the 19th century well into the 20th century and has not entirely ceased.

Almost every statement about Welty's looks comes to a "but" and turns itself around: but she was so nice, she was so helpful, she was so enthusiastic that her looks entirely ceased to matter.

"The people-smuggling issue is well on the way to resolution because the boats that were coming to Australia have almost entirely ceased to come, so I believe that this is an issue which will not substantially further trouble us," he said.

When asked whether they still ate local fish, three-quarters of the interviewees I spoke with (37 out of 50) replied that they had either dramatically decreased or entirely ceased their local fish consumption, even though for most of them it was previously an important part of their diet.