Want was all he could do, for his body had long ago ceased to function in that way.
Drawing a deep breath, Jeremy insisted that his body cease its shaking.
Nobody else spoke as the body finally ceased moving and became, undeniably, a corpse.
He spit at the American, defiant to the end, then his body ceased to function.
Without this intelligence the body would rapidly cease to exist.
I share in common with humans the question of whether that consciousness will continue after my body ceases to function.
The body grew, and eventually ceased to meet when it numbered 172 members.
But when I began to study dance, my body ceased to matter.
She didn't know how, or what had killed him, just that his body had ceased to exist.
Some physical laws work, or our bodies themselves would cease to function.