cease
verb (used without object)
to stop; discontinue.
were ceasing
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past progressiveof cease.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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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
Both sides fell into their old position, but both were ceasing gradually to remember the distinctions between the various relations in which the Scot king stood for his different provinces to the English Crown.
From History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green
They were ceasing to be able to maintain their own independence, and the question of the future was whether Gaul was to be the prey of Germany or to be a province of Rome.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
Under the magic of his words, already they were ceasing to regard her as an outcast.
From The Hickory Limb by Rose Cecil O'Neill
The public lights were going out; the broadcast voices were ceasing.
From Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings
