ceased

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By this Means he lost his Health, he became a Nervous Wreck, and was so Irritable and Irascible that his Wife Ceased to live with him and Returned to her Parents' House.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

"Ceased to love you?" repeated he, with a low, ironical laugh, "I never yet began."

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie

Ceased to snow at last; to-day it is quite pleasant.

From History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette)

Ceased in a breath the showery sound; And teasingly, now, as I look around,     Sweet sunlight shines!

From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by Lathrop, George Parsons

Soon as the voice of simple song and prayer Ceased in the little chapel of the dell, The congregation did in peace repair To the lake-side, to view our wondrous cell.

From The Isle of Palms and Other Poems by Wilson, John Lyde