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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Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
His death was first announced in December 2023, one month after his daughter, Nili Margalit, was released in a temporary truce.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
During an appearance on Fox News Channel this week, Mamdani sidestepped a question about whether Hamas should lay down arms as part of a fragile truce that has paused the two-year Israel-Hamas war.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The truce agreement calls also for an international stabilization force in Gaza, though no country has yet committed to sending troops to the territory.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Neither side confirmed the local truce, but Ukraine’s energy ministry said Ukrainian specialists were working to restore the power lines on Saturday, the 42nd round of repair works since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
His death was first announced in December 2023, one month after his daughter, Nili Margalit, was released in a temporary truce.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
During an appearance on Fox News Channel this week, Mamdani sidestepped a question about whether Hamas should lay down arms as part of a fragile truce that has paused the two-year Israel-Hamas war.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The truce agreement calls also for an international stabilization force in Gaza, though no country has yet committed to sending troops to the territory.
—NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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