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How to use quit in a sentence

She quits cold turkey — “It took four days,” she says — after meeting her husband Kevin Hunter.

WENDY WILLIAMS SEEMS LIKE THE PERFECT LIFETIME MOVIE SUBJECT. SO WHY IS IT SO UNSETTLING TO WATCH?BETHONIE BUTLERJANUARY 31, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Naturally, you want to share this workload with your husband, but requesting he quit something he has done for years was going to be met with understandable resistance.

SHARING THE WORKLOAD AT HOME WHEN ONE CHILD HAS SPECIAL NEEDSMEGHAN LEAHYJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST

A few people quit high school to do the show and then got their GEDs, and we were aware that getting this job was changing their life trajectory.

HOW ‘FREAKS AND GEEKS’ WENT FROM MISFIT DRAMEDY TO CULT CLASSIC, AS TOLD BY ITS CAST AND CREATORS: ‘PEOPLE JUST LIKE IT SO MUCH THAT IT THRUSTS ITSELF FROM THE GRAVE’SONIA RAOJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST

For the family, if Peter quit flying, it meant he’d be home more to help with the kids.

THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS WORSE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TRY.BY ELIZABETH WEILJANUARY 25, 2021PROPUBLICA

Despite the threats and harassment not one Parler employee has quit.

HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIRWOMAN REQUESTS FBI PROBE OF PARLER, INCLUDING ITS ROLE IN CAPITOL SIEGETOM HAMBURGER, CRAIG TIMBERGJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Lowen ended up quitting the show within a year for other reasons.

WHEN FREE SPEECH CLASHES WITH KEEPING YOUR JOBKARLA MILLERJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POST

As reported by The Korea Herald, LG Electronics CEO Kwon Bong-Seok sent out a staff-wide memo that the company was considering making major changes to its smartphone division, including possibly quitting the smartphone business.

LG SAYS IT MIGHT QUIT THE SMARTPHONE MARKETRON AMADEOJANUARY 20, 2021ARS TECHNICA

It also meets military specifications for sealing against dust, wind, shock, vibration, so it won’t quit in high noise, harsh conditions, and high use.

RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT CLEAR MESSAGES WITH THESE RELIABLE WALKIE-TALKIESPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMJANUARY 19, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE

Successes proved fleeting, setbacks proved dispiriting and, before his star-making turn in “Hamilton,” Odom considered quitting show business.

AFTER ‘HAMILTON,’ LESLIE ODOM JR. JUST WANTED TO BE HIMSELF. THEN THE ROLE OF SAM COOKE CAME CALLING.THOMAS FLOYDJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POST

My father had to quit high school in order to help support his family during the Depression.

A PRODIGY WHO CRACKED OPEN THE COSMOSCLAUDIA DREIFUSJANUARY 12, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE

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