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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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Yet there is no hope that a truce would result in fruitful Russian and Ukrainian negotiations and mutual compromises.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
But there’s no saying for certain whether the partial truce will last the full 90 days.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The 90-day truce announced on Monday has changed that, and Trump has subsequently suggested that a direct call with Xi could be imminent, putting a broader rapprochement back on the agenda.
—J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025
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Noun
Trade truce with the U.S. came as the economic toll of tariffs on the economy was becoming difficult to ignore.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Yet there is no hope that a truce would result in fruitful Russian and Ukrainian negotiations and mutual compromises.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
But there’s no saying for certain whether the partial truce will last the full 90 days.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The 90-day truce announced on Monday has changed that, and Trump has subsequently suggested that a direct call with Xi could be imminent, putting a broader rapprochement back on the agenda.
—J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025
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“Truce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truce. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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