Truce

//tɹuːs//

"Truce" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Then is it war again, after so long a truce?

The truce did not last long.

Wait, truce!

The enemy wanted to discuss a truce with us.

The truce was broken by gunfire in the Ukraine.

Shall I report a truce or war?

A truce if we stay; if we leave or advance, war.

The truce didn't last long.

They declared a truce, finally.

Nobody wants to talk about a truce.

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An uneasy truce

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He asked for a truce with his school enemy for five days.

They should meet that night on some neutral spot to ratify the truce.

[T]hey marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. As their spit mingled, so was their agreement made binding.

Only undaunted Henry de Tracey […] held up the cause; trucing at last, in loyal terms, till the king should become more powerful and be able in person to restrain the country.

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