How to Use desist in a Sentence

desist

verb
  • Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist.
  • Cannot the judge issue a cease-and-desist order?
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But nine other states have sent cease-and-desist letters to them.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
  • So many toys, Uvalde officials asked that donors cease and desist.
    — Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2022
  • At that point, the agency’s legal team sent her a letter telling her to cease and desist.
    — Natalie Weber Tampa Bay Times (tns), al, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Amazon and Ashford weren’t fined but agreed to a cease-and-desist order.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
  • According to Copeland, this isn’t the first time the estate has sent him a cease-and-desist.
    — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Disney‘s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And there have been instances in which brand owners issued cease-and-desist demands, but those rarely appear.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2021
  • Western allies, neighbours and many fellow Kurds had begged him to desist.
    — The Economist, 21 Oct. 2017
  • After, the tech giant sent a cease-and-desist, which was allegedly ignored.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The party issued a cease and desist dated May 14.
    — Andrew Graham may 15, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • The city attorney’s office also sent a cease-and-desist letter to all parties.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Several of those artists have sent cease-and-desist letters or threatened legal action.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Nessel's office will release a statement about the cease-and-desist later this week, Jarvi said.
    — Ashley Nerbovig, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The government could also seek a cease-and-desist order against certain targets.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • The man turned out to be a Parma man, 51, and officer spoke to him and ordered him to cease and desist.
    — Mark Holan/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 20 May 2017
  • His camp vowed to legally challenge the accusations and has sent cease-and-desist letters to some of his accusers.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Walt Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Wake County rolled back its order after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the groups.
    — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Disney has also sent cease-and-desist letters to AI companies in the past.
    — Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Responding officers told the man, who was from out of town, to cease and desist or he would be removed from the facility.
    — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Lime launched its scooter-share program last week without a permit, prompting the city to issue a cease-and-desist letter to the start-up.
    — Steve Harrison, charlotteobserver, 17 May 2018
  • Richards, 49, has been accused of sending cease and desist letters to her fellow cast members this season.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Obama's office said his lawyers would be sending the PAC a cease-and-desist letter.
    — Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The state previously sent Noise a cease-and-desist order in July.
    — Ashley Southall, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The transit agency's lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Kanye West, who agreed through his law firm to stop using the logo.
    — Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 16 June 2017
  • Glaser had called the allegation false and sent a cease-and-desist letter to the lobbyist before the news conference.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The bar says the firm refused to remove McBratney’s name from its website for years despite a cease and desist letter.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • It wasn’t removed, so Ryan is preparing to send a cease-and-desist letter to request that Napster take down the page.
    — Brad King, WIRED, 12 July 2000

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