truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
Synonyms
Examples of truce in a Sentence
Noun
There's been an uneasy truce between her and her parents for the past several months.
both sides agreed to a 24-hour truce beginning at midnight on Christmas Eve
Recent Examples on the Web
Alex Marquardt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The Israeli military’s departure from southern Gaza over the weekend has left the devastated territory in a state of suspense as active fighting there receded on Monday to its lowest ebb since a brief truce with Hamas in November.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Clerics negotiate with cartel bosses In late February, bishops in Guerrero brokered a truce between the Familia Michoacana and Tlacos crime groups.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The three female hostages were released during a week-long November truce.
—Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
Ongoing efforts by mediators have stalled, and there has been little indication since the last truce in November that the two sides have moved closer to a deal.
—Abigail Williams, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
According to the indictment, the MS-13 hierarchy carries political influence across Central America and for a time even reached a truce with El Salvador’s political leaders.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The same was true for the question of reaching a truce with Ukraine, for example, or restoring relations with the West; some twenty per cent more respondents favor these policies for Russia’s future than expect Putin to carry them out.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
While 105 people were released during a temporary truce last year, another 130 that were kidnapped are either dead or still being held by Hamas and other militant groups.
—Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Noun
The two boys and their mother were not released from Gaza during the temporary truce in late November, despite the fact that the deal agreed between Israel and Hamas required all women and children to be set free.
—Alex Marquardt, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
The Israeli military’s departure from southern Gaza over the weekend has left the devastated territory in a state of suspense as active fighting there receded on Monday to its lowest ebb since a brief truce with Hamas in November.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Clerics negotiate with cartel bosses In late February, bishops in Guerrero brokered a truce between the Familia Michoacana and Tlacos crime groups.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
The three female hostages were released during a week-long November truce.
—Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
Ongoing efforts by mediators have stalled, and there has been little indication since the last truce in November that the two sides have moved closer to a deal.
—Abigail Williams, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
According to the indictment, the MS-13 hierarchy carries political influence across Central America and for a time even reached a truce with El Salvador’s political leaders.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
The same was true for the question of reaching a truce with Ukraine, for example, or restoring relations with the West; some twenty per cent more respondents favor these policies for Russia’s future than expect Putin to carry them out.
—Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
While 105 people were released during a temporary truce last year, another 130 that were kidnapped are either dead or still being held by Hamas and other militant groups.
—Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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