Peace agreement

Usage examples of truce.

And for that reason you broke the truce and murdered a good knight, albeit a Caphar, and burned his castle.

His being a French emigrant cannot take from him the rights of a flag of truce, and I again claim him in that character.

When a public quarrel is envenomed by private injuries, a blow that is not mortal or decisive can be productive only of a short truce, which allows the unsuccessful combatant to sharpen his arms for a new encounter.

Desperately in need of provisions from the French, Gladwin consents to temporary truce while Captain Campbell and others go out to parley with the Indians.

He frowned guiltily, knowing he had shattered their uneasy truce with his absurd urge to groom that tangled mane of hers.

Grundy, climb up on the wall and tell Gorbage and Haggy and the two, um, lovers to come in here under truce so we can talk safely.

Portingall to the Westermost fort, vvith a flag of truce, to vvhom Captaine Sampson was sent vvith Captaine Goring, vvho comming to the said Messenger, he first asked them vvhat nation they vvere, they aunswered Englishmen, he then required to knovv if warres vvere betweene England and Spaine, to vvhich they aunsvvered that they knew not, but if he would go to their Generall he could best resolue him of such particulars, and for his assurance of passage and repassage, these Captaines made offer to ingage their credits, which he refused for that he vvas not sent from his Gouernor.

Two and a half million people watching the neighborhood isobars of war and truce.

There was a momentary truce between the jarheads and sailors blocking the doorway.

Golden Banbeck, in his turn, developed the Juggers, but allowed an uneasy truce to continue.

Pallol, Medor, Sharn, and Yeochee, Kuhsarn the Wise and Lady Klahnino, the Thagdal, Boanda, Mayvar, and Dionket, Lugonn the Shining One and Leyr the Brave, the best of Tanu and of Firvulag, went forth into the setting sun to find a living-place while still the Truce prevailed and none should fight.

My lady, Sir Mauger himself is below and, beside him, one of his men with a flag of truce.

Whereas the little Lederlung--but a truce to this gossip--the fact is that these two women were the two flags of the French and the English party at Pumpernickel, and the society was divided in its allegiance to those two great nations.

There we sat down with the truculent parties to the truce: the two men who had led the Leftists and Rightists during the civil war and who each now aspired to head the prospective new Oblivian government.

With drink they had been brought up to understand its properties and its dangers but with scag there was no bargain that could be made, no truce.