desist

I hope they will desist from such action in the Council.

He tried a second time and desisted to answer the door light.

He did not smile or desist when their eyes met.

Or else they do not hear the command to desist.

He desisted only when the eyes of their guard were upon him.

Now, the party has told him to cease and desist.

A week ago he asked both of them to cease and desist.

We are expected to see the error of our ways and desist.

If someone talks to you, show that and they will desist.

But it is because of those very walls that I desist.

His anger turned back on himself, but did not cause him to desist.

She finally got the idea and desisted, but rather bitterly.

Michael had made up his mind, and there was no way of convincing him to desist.

Not until he has failed at the work they choose for him will such parents desist.

If they ever sent me a cease and desist, I would have.

And so they had desisted from tasting this real human.

I said, desisting from this conversation and turning to my friend.

She desisted, watching him through eyes which never lit up with love.

He has sent his man to find those who have tried to harm me and tell them to desist.

Cease and desist in your entire way of life until you hear from us again.

Then he saw the looks on his guards' faces and desisted.

To desist from the course of great folly, in one place it is time.

We therefore also call on the demonstrators to desist from violence.

"I question whether you will ever cease and desist," the judge said.

He was warned several times to desist, but continued to carry on.