If that had ever risen to a mere 6 percent, all marine life would have ceased.

For a time, life ceased on the face of the newly formed continent.

The screaming was sheared off as life ceased and she collapsed.

That was the day my life truly ceased to be mine.

The national life of twenty million people had almost ceased to exist.

A life did not simply cease without a reason.

There was an attitude among us, those who served, that life had ceased having meaning.

Suddenly life had ceased to be a pleasant run-in to retirement.

After a while, Mac had said, their judgment becomes impaired, since human life has ceased to have much value for them.

If he didn't find her alive his life would cease to have meaning.