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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Dan Cancian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy repeated the partial truce idea floated by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that would see Russia and Ukraine agree to a halt on long-range strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure and halt operations in the Black Sea.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
The two sides reached a truce six weeks ago, but it has been strained in recent days.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Under the first phase of the ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas, which lasted 42 days and concluded last weekend, leaving the truce hanging by a thread, 33 Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 1,735 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Dutchman won a fourth straight world title last year, but his future remains uncertain despite the truce between his father and Horner.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Zelenskyy repeated the partial truce idea floated by French President Emmanuel Macron last week that would see Russia and Ukraine agree to a halt on long-range strikes on energy and other civilian infrastructure and halt operations in the Black Sea.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
The two sides reached a truce six weeks ago, but it has been strained in recent days.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
Under the first phase of the ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas, which lasted 42 days and concluded last weekend, leaving the truce hanging by a thread, 33 Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 1,735 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
—Zeena Saifi, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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