Therefore not merely do effort and labour cease, but also hatred and bitterness.

Eventually, as his real nature became clear to them, their efforts to kill him ceased.

Even though fund-raising efforts ceased months ago, the fund has continued to grow.

I only held them the more tightly, and the effort ceased.

He was still breathing, but even that effort ceased before the rescue chopper appeared from the north.

For an unknown reason, however, this effort also eventually ceased production.

In the meanwhile efforts had not ceased to locate the robbers and recover the stolen goods, but so far without success.

Jules's efforts did not cease once they were safely in space, however.

But by today, those efforts had largely ceased.

The anti-drug effort ceased after the American invasion on Dec. 20.