How to Use détente in a Sentence

détente

noun

• The two even seem to form a fragile detente that is not present in the book.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
• Your sons are adults and will have to reach a detente on their own.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
• For the moment, detente might be the best both sides can do.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• But the twilight of the Obama era could have marked something of a detente in the cannabis cold war.
  — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 20 Apr. 2017
• That spirit of detente seemed to only last through the night, though.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024
• The detente might not last past the Nov. 3 election, no matter who wins.
  — Ken Thomas, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2020
• Heather and Jen air out their feelings in the Ice Castle, and manage to come to some sort of detente.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2021
• War had returned and the detente that had existed since the fall of the Iron Curtain was over.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
• War had returned and the detente that had existed since the fall of the Iron Curtain was over.
  — Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
• The two were able to reach a warm detente at the close of Tuesday’s episode, but that does not mark an end to the drama on tap for the marrieds.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Jan. 2025
• Rose and the rest of the band, who fell out in the mid-1990s, apparently couldn’t reach detente about how to accept the honor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• The talks led to a detente of sorts, but the latest platform fight runs the risk of upsetting that armistice (Climatewire, Aug. 17).
  — Scott Waldman, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2020
• That common ground could be the key to achieving a detente when the two leaders meet Wednesday.
  — Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• Yet few in South Korea and beyond are setting much store by the detente.
  — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2018
• The remnants of the old Ostpolitik of the Social Democrats, based on detente with Russia?
  — Vanessa Guinan-Bank, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
• With all sides now sounding the same tune — unity! — the current moment seems to mark a detente.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 22 Apr. 2020
• For the rest of the season, there were many discussions but little more than detente.
  — Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
• Many Cubans who have not felt much impact from the detente on their daily lives agree, and feel resigned.
  — NBC News, 14 June 2017
• There is no detente with a mob boss, writes Jonah Goldberg.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
• The brief detente between Trump and DeSantis may not last long.
  — Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2023
• But with Jackson there was never going to be a detente reached.
  — Steve Popper, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
• The announcement marks a detente after years of permafrost between Musk and the White House.
  — WIRED, 16 Feb. 2023
• Newsom and Trump have long been at odds, although the two had a brief detente in their relationship in the past few months.
  — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 9 June 2025
• Last night made for a detente among Gen Xers, millennials, and zoomers.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2022
• Donald Trump, who ended the detente with Cuba, stayed home too.
  — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
• Then, on Tuesday, Rivas and Schultz announced a detente with Krell.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
• But while kids chafe against strictures and surveillance, as always, some have reached a point of detente.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2020
• Tesla’s stock partially recovered amid hopes of a detente, rising 5 percent.
  — Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 7 June 2025
• So far, the feud between Trump and Musk is probably best described as a moving target, with plenty of opportunities for escalation or detente.
  — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025