quitting

Example Sentences

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Smoking rates plummeted from their mid-20th-century peaks because “whole groups of people were quitting in concert.”

From Slate • May 15, 2026

"Tonight he erased any doubt of all the negative talk. I'm glad the fight went that way so he could demonstrate this quitting narrative is not right."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Charles is also not expected to see his second son Prince Harry, who lives in the U.S. with his wife Meghan Markle after quitting their royal duties in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

"The losers are not quitting the market as fast as they are supposed to because they have investors' backing, local governments' backing, who do not want their existing investments to be written off," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

They are making hay, too, in Thornfield meadows: or rather, the labourers are just quitting their work, and returning home with their rakes on their shoulders, now, at the hour I arrive.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë