desist
verb (used without object)
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
desisted
Example Sentences
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Anderson "desisted" when the woman did not say yes and left the bedroom, at which point the complainant heard her vomiting in the bathroom.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
This inaugural episode was met with a cease-and-desist letter from Fox News, and while Carlson neither ceased nor desisted, it ultimately didn’t matter, because “Tucker on Twitter” did not sustain its initial momentum.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
The next week, her lawyer sent a letter to BRIC, saying that unless Zahedi desisted from airing any episodes featuring footage of Field or the children, she would “commence legal action.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2019
Little by little, the drummers desisted, and one by one the players disassembled the performance.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2014
So I desisted, just as I would have slowed down to an arthritic pace in any job, in the event that a manager showed up to do a time-and-motion study.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
