All 4 Uses of
cease
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- On Saturdays, barbers sat their customers in the shade on the porch of the Store, and troubadours on their ceaseless crawlings through the South leaned across its benches and sang their sad songs of The Brazos while they played juice harps and cigar-box guitars.†
p. 6.6ceaseless = never-endingstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in ceaseless means without and reverses the meaning of cease. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
- Passing near the din, the godly people dropped their heads and conversation ceased.†
p. 132.4 *ceased = stopped or discontinued
- Although I had risked my life (not intentionally) in her defense, Mother's reputation, good name and community image ceased, or nearly ceased, being of interest to me.†
p. 257.3
- Although I had risked my life (not intentionally) in her defense, Mother's reputation, good name and community image ceased, or nearly ceased, being of interest to me.†
p. 257.3
Definition:
to stop or discontinue