desist
verb (used without object)
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
was desisting
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past progressiveof desist.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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All that society knew was that she had carried her domestic discipline to excess, had paid dearly for it, and no doubt was desisting and would henceforth desist from that kind of thing.
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
