Sentence examples for he almost ceased from inspiring English sources

From this time he almost ceased to publish, partly because of the demands of society and political life but also as a result of personal loss: his daughter Léopoldine, recently married, was accidentally drowned with her husband in September 1843.

But by that time Mr. Bates had reached the height of his fame, which dwindled as he almost ceased publishing and withdrew, disappointed, from the very public role he played when the civil war was a leading liberal cause.

But by 1996, the year he enrolled, the university had almost ceased to exist.

The church had almost ceased to function when Lang took it over, but he revived regular services, chose preachers with care and slowly rebuilt the congregation.

National production of water treatment chemicals almost ceased because of conflict, increasing the risk that tap water is contaminated, he said.

Harare's two biggest hospitals have almost ceased to function.

"Conservatism in the spirit of Madison" has almost ceased to exist.

But by the 1980s westerns had almost ceased to be produced in the United States.

These are voices that have almost ceased to be heard in the US.

In fact, since the multitude of road blocks and the walls, terrorism has almost ceased.

Some immigrant streams, from countries such as Vietnam, Laos and Mauritius, have almost ceased.