All 5 Uses of
cease
in
The Great Gatsby
- The murmur trembled on the verge of coherence, sank down, mounted excitedly, and then ceased altogether.
p. 14.9ceased = stopped
- "Sophisticated — God, I'm sophisticated!" The instant her voice broke off, ceasing to compel my attention, my belief, I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said.
p. 17.5ceasing = stopping or discontinuing
- He hadn't once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.
p. 91.5 *ceased = stopped
- His eyes, seeing nothing, moved ceaselessly about the room.
p. 167.7ceaselessly = in a manner that never stoppedstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaselessly means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- It eluded us then, but that's no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…… and one fine morning — So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
p. 180.9ceaselessly = without ever stoppingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaselessly means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
Definition:
to stop or discontinue