truced; trucing
: to make a truce
: to end with a truce
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
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Edward Fishman, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
While Israel agreed to withdraw from Lebanon as part of that truce, Israeli forces have remained in parts of southern Lebanon past the deadline to do so.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The two boys and their mother, who was 32 when she was taken hostage, were not released from Gaza during the temporary truce in late November 2023, even though the deal agreed between Israel and Hamas called for all women and children to be set free.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The first phase of the month-old truce between Israel and Hamas is set to end at the beginning of March.
—Mohammad Jahjouh, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The collapse of world oil prices in the second half of 2014 supercharged their impact, and by early the following year, Putin was eager for a truce.
—Edward Fishman, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
While Israel agreed to withdraw from Lebanon as part of that truce, Israeli forces have remained in parts of southern Lebanon past the deadline to do so.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
The two boys and their mother, who was 32 when she was taken hostage, were not released from Gaza during the temporary truce in late November 2023, even though the deal agreed between Israel and Hamas called for all women and children to be set free.
—Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
The first phase of the month-old truce between Israel and Hamas is set to end at the beginning of March.
—Mohammad Jahjouh, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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