in peace

idiom

: in a state of quiet and calm : peacefully
They have lived in peace for many years.

Examples of in peace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Under a Wallace presidency, there was to be no Cold War irrespective of whether Stalin did anything that a responsible U.S. government would naturally expect from a partner in peace. Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024 Even worshippers could not welcome the Islamic holy month in peace. Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024 When a grainy photo of Catherine riding in a car with her mother appeared on the American gossip site, TMZ, last week, British papers did not publish it out of deference to Kensington Palace’s appeal that she be allowed to recuperate in peace. Mark Landler, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024 Maine’s Acadia National Park has temporarily closed several trails so peregrine falcons can nest in peace in the area. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024 Keeping the caves closed reduces this threat and lets the bats hibernate in peace. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024 But Flores noted the world’s larger forces have not left Eagle Pass in peace. USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024 For years, the vision of an Israeli state and a Palestinian state existing side by side in peace and security has been derided as hopelessly naive—or worse, as a dangerous illusion. Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 However fiercely Egyptians and Jews and Greeks and others fought, their books rested together on the shelves in peace. Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024

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“In peace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20peace. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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