I think the suggestion you make, of discontinuing proceedings against Mr. McKee, a very proper one.
He staggered as one who had received a mortal wound; and discontinuing his unequal mode of retreat, turned his back upon his pursuers, and threw all his remaining energies into a final effort at escape.
At the mouth of the Yaik he was met by an officer of the Czar's, sent by the voevoda of Astracan to offer him and his companions a free pardon on condition of their discontinuing their robberies.
I only wished you to know that I had given you no cause for discontinuing it.
In order to exasperate the presbyterians with further provocations, another act was passed for discontinuing the courts of judicature during the Christmas holidays, which had never been kept by persons of that persuasion.
If you once begin to give aperients, you will find a difficultydiscontinuing them.
When you are about discontinuing them, put a thinner and a thinner one on, every time they are changed, until you leave them off altogether.
As if their disappearance was a signal for discontinuing the chase, it suddenly slackened pace; and the instant after came to a standstill!
It was its openness that had furnished him with a cause for discontinuing his advance.
Hohenzollern, onDiscontinuing The Conning Tower 100 To W.
The Lords' Committee, of course, insisted on the necessity of discontinuing the committal of lunatics to jails and bridewells, and amending the Act 1 Vict.
Pretended newspapers are started by business houses for the mere purpose of advertising goods, complying with the law in form only and discontinuing the publications as soon as the period of advertising is over.
He reiterates the reasons given in his report for 1893 for discontinuingthis unjustifiable gratuity, and I fully concur in the conclusions which he has reached.
But I will go still further; General Conway, who made the motion, in the British Parliament, for discontinuing offensive war in America, is a gentleman of an amiable character.
Another reason for discontinuing the process against the publisher is, because it can amount to nothing.
Was it possible, thought Gammon, to make the two promissory notes of Mr. Aubrey available, by discontinuing the actions commenced upon them, and indorsing them over at a heavy discount?
L2,000 which had been advanced to Lady Stratton, be paid to Mr. Aubrey within a month from the day of discontinuing the action.
Landesherren,” masters of the land, and confers the privilege of curtailing and even discontinuing private property rights.
Discontinuing the pursuit, the victors returned to the village on the shore, stove the spirit casks, and proclaimed a Republic.
Perhaps, if we were all to stop our guzzling suddenly, without discontinuing our other bad habits, we should rather lose by it than gain.
To evidence of this purely scientific nature might be added, if space could be afforded, a long list of persons who, having indulged in wine for many years, have found benefit from discontinuing the use of it.
They regard it as a powerful tonic, and are so much accustomed to it from their earliest youth, that they would feel great inconvenience in discontinuing the use of it.
In prohibiting any visit to the tomb, the Wahabys never entertained the idea of discontinuing the visit to the mosque.
Benes pointed out that if any pogroms occurred, which these reports foreshadowed, it would seriously prejudice his country and would alienate American sympathy, which in turn might result in discontinuing food shipments to his country.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "discontinuing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
