How to Use peace in a Sentence

peace

noun
  • We said a prayer for world peace.
  • The problem was settled and his mind was at peace.
  • They are at peace with each other.
  • Peace and order were finally restored in the town.
  • He is searching for inner peace.
  • Insurance can provide you with peace of mind.
  • After many years of war, people on both sides were longing for peace.
  • He tried to negotiate a peace between the warring countries.
  • After years of therapy, he has finally achieved an inner peace.
  • There was a peace of 50 years before war broke out again.
  • Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.
    ABC News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Even the calmest of protests disturb the peace to some extent.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2020
  • For your own peace of mind, cross the stuffing off the list.
    Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But in the boat, on the water, a kind of peace settled in.
    John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Film, and all art, plays a big part in this peace work.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Whether this leads to a lasting peace is not yet clear.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • May this queen forever reach for the moon and rest in peace.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2021
  • That means peace and even love are part of your future.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 3 June 2022
  • The two sides have held no substantive peace talks in more than a decade.
    Joseph Krauss, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The bigger fish obliged, allowing the blue to eat in peace.
    National Geographic, 25 July 2017
  • The league could have partnered long ago with this prescient man of peace.
    Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
  • May the Lord turn his countenance to you and give you joy and peace.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The limestone and clay production will have to wait for peace.
    Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Yellow is for luck, red is for love and white undies bring peace.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2022
  • There is one path and one path only to peace and that is justice.
    Maya Wiley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Still, Madden knows there’s work to be done to keep the peace.
    Andrew Canulette | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But last week, at least, the princess's survivors grieved in peace.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
  • For now, peace in Ukraine appears to be nowhere in sight.
    New York Times, 3 June 2022
  • But both men itch to turn this peace and quiet into blood and bone.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 2 June 2022
  • Yet the cost of these guns is ultimately a small price to pay for peace of mind.
    Sam Skove, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022

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