| Moreover, Hamas, the Islamist movement that carried out most of the suicide attacks, has, with the odd exception, desisted for several years. |
| Perhaps if those who reviled and insulted Said could have read this book, they might have desisted. |
| Seeing that we did not succumb to their threat and pressure, they desisted from starting a war and fled. |
| The two last desisted, and instead a Federation was created between Senegal and Mali. |
| Having initially vowed to fly home later this week, Mr Zelaya desisted, after officials in Tegucigalpa said he would be arrested for treason. |
| Ultimate stumbling block, the danger of handling such molten masses worried all the craftsmen who desisted one after another. |
