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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Nataliya Vasilyeva, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Hostage talks have stalled, with Hamas rejecting Israel’s latest proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza which would have seen a 40-day truce in exchange for the release of 11 hostages, itself a counterproposal to an Egyptian offer Hamas agreed.
—Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The Kremlin said the Black Sea truce would only come into effect once the U.S. had lifted sanctions on its fertilizers and agricultural trade while expanding access to ports and payment systems.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
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Noun
For the moment, those talks appear to have stalled since Mr. Putin rebuffed a proposal by Mr. Trump and Ukraine for a 30-day truce.
—Nataliya Vasilyeva, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Hostage talks have stalled, with Hamas rejecting Israel’s latest proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza which would have seen a 40-day truce in exchange for the release of 11 hostages, itself a counterproposal to an Egyptian offer Hamas agreed.
—Lauren Izso, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
The Kremlin said the Black Sea truce would only come into effect once the U.S. had lifted sanctions on its fertilizers and agricultural trade while expanding access to ports and payment systems.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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