Like the rest of the room, he had simply ceased to be.

Money simply ceased to exist and people were given what they needed.

After that the light simply ceased to exist at all.

Perhaps they'll just find fathers for their children and our line will simply cease.

If they know they've been discovered, they'll simply cease operations for a while.

My existence has simply ceased to mean anything to me anymore.

But the government has simply ceased to exist in Afghanistan.

Without these functions the state would simply cease to exist.

Erase his mind, and he would simply cease to be.

When a hospital closes, he said, 30 percent of its patients simply cease seeking care for a time.