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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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
All three were killed in Gaza, their bodies returned to Israel in February as part of a truce.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists it must be returned as part of any truce and Russian President Vladimir Putin is just as firm that it be retained by the Russian Federation.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Both sides accused each other of firing during Putin's Easter truce.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
In response, the Trump administration and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated calls for a permanent truce.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
All three were killed in Gaza, their bodies returned to Israel in February as part of a truce.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insists it must be returned as part of any truce and Russian President Vladimir Putin is just as firm that it be retained by the Russian Federation.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 30 Apr. 2025
Both sides accused each other of firing during Putin's Easter truce.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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