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
Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Just six months out from the U.S. election, the possibility that Trump could cut off Ukraine completely or try to force it to cede territory as part of a truce deal with Russia may be focusing minds in Kyiv.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Tehran will continue to press for a Gaza truce among its demands.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
When our eyes met, neither of us reacted and we were both confused by this truce.
—Hazlitt, 13 Mar. 2024
The 7-day truce brought about the release of about 100 hostages — mostly women, children and foreign nationals — in exchange for about 240 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, as well as a brief halt in the fighting.
—CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
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
Noun
Also Wednesday, Biden met at the White House with Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old U.S. citizen who was among the first group of hostages Hamas released from Gaza during a truce in November.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
Just six months out from the U.S. election, the possibility that Trump could cut off Ukraine completely or try to force it to cede territory as part of a truce deal with Russia may be focusing minds in Kyiv.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Tehran will continue to press for a Gaza truce among its demands.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2024
When our eyes met, neither of us reacted and we were both confused by this truce.
—Hazlitt, 13 Mar. 2024
The 7-day truce brought about the release of about 100 hostages — mostly women, children and foreign nationals — in exchange for about 240 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, as well as a brief halt in the fighting.
—CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
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
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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