Period of truce

Usage examples of ceasefire.

And the ranks of harquebusiers kept up a slow but steady fire into the smoke until the prince had the cornets sound the ceasefire.

On numerous other occasions since 1991, the United States has justified taking military action against Iraq on the basis of Iraqi violations of the terms of the ceasefire resolution, although initially we preferred to have the Security Council recognize those Iraqi breaches before taking action.

We had a good spot on a they signed a peace accord and ceasefire and all that happy curve in the road.

Maria said they defeated the PDF and there's a ceasefire, and now that everyone in the capital of Indizal's so happy, they fired their guns in the air, accidentally killing sixteen people.

Truces, little ceasefires in our never-ending war, times of surprising warmth and compassion.

Almost fifteen years of war—numerous betrayals of ceasefires on both sides.

After all the weeks and months, and those final devasting broadsides before Nelson had ordered a ceasefire and had declared a truce, the Cornish landscape had affected Bolitho and his companions deeply.

Then, in the silence of the temporary ceasefire, he heard what sounded like a car horn blaring in the distance.

Should Luden Macks break the ceasefire the Eldacre men would be unable to fight for more than a day.

Now as then the Arab broadcasts boast of huge successes, and now as then, the noncommittal Israeli reports are a strategic deception, he is certain, to stave off a UN ceasefire while Zahal mops up the enemy.