were ceasing
- past progressive of cease.
Example Sentences
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A verdict from Basquiat’s estate is no longer possible: its authentication committee disbanded in 2012, at a time when many artists’ estates were ceasing to authenticate artwork because of costly litigation.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2022
He saw that they were ceasing to care.
From The City and the World and Other Stories by Kelley, Francis Clement
ATHENIAN: Those cities made war against Troy—by sea as well as land—for at that time men were ceasing to be afraid of the sea.
From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin
People were ceasing to believe in its doctrines, and were ceasing to respect its precepts.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
The cattle in the forests forsook their pasture ground; The creeping creatures playing among the grass around, The fishes in the water,—all in their sports were ceasing.
From Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
