przestał in English:

The baby ceased crying.

The enemy attack ceased at dawn.

The nation ceased to exist.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

The cheering ceased.

It has ceased raining.

Fish have ceased to live in this river.

He has ceased from work.

Poland ceased to exist as a nation for 120 years.

He ceased talking suddenly.

The Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist in 1806.

Scientists long ago ceased to believe that the atom is the smallest unit of matter.

No taxi stopped.

I used to use Twitter, but then found it a bit boring, so I stopped using it.

The lady and her dog that were entering at the gate were stopped by the gatekeeper.

The other day when I stopped by at a friend's house, it wasn't my friend that came out of the front door, but her husband.

The other day I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.

Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule".

He was really gung-ho when he started at the gym but after a few months he started slacking off and then stopped coming altogether.

I'm sure people would live twice as long if they stopped getting themselves worked up over everything.

A gaggle of intoxicated youths stopped to ponder whether there is an Opposite Day in Bizarro World.

He said that his previous dentist told him that he'd remove nicotine stains if he stopped smoking.

Well, I just asked him if he knew the time, because my watch has stopped, and he simply bolted.

Because of everyone's correct-mindedness, the rain stopped on the morning of the match day.

People applaud a singer because he sang well, or maybe because he finally stopped.

As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.