The earth finally ceased shaking, and all he could hear was the faint whistling of the wind.

The earth had ceased to revolve and through the hole in the sky above us there hung the black star which never twinkled.

The earth would cease to provide then.

The earth ceased to vibrate.

How long would it be before the earth would cease to be held by its gravita- tional field?

A similar question might be: How long after the sun disappears would the earth cease receiving its light?

If the earth ceased to spin round the sun, it would at once fall into the sun.

When the earth had ceased its long trembling, Sabmon issued from the oratory.

The stones and earth had not ceased to roll before Santee was leading his force up it to dig in and face the enemy.

The solid earth ceased to quiver and settled back into its place, careless of the armies that trampled over it.