How to Use armistice in a Sentence

armistice

noun
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  • Even then only an armistice was signed—not a formal peace agreement.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 28 July 2017
  • Even then only an armistice was signed—not a formal peace agreement.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 28 July 2017
  • A week later, the war ended with an armistice and a German defeat.
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Remember that the 1950s Korean War was settled with an armistice, not a permanent peace treaty.
    — Heather Hurlburt, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Technically, the countries have remained at war since 1953, when an armistice rather than a peace treaty ended fighting in the Korean War.
    — Eric Talmadge, The Seattle Times, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The armistice ending World War I was signed the next day.
    — David Motadel, The New York Review of Books, 26 Feb. 2020
  • In 1953 the two countries signed an armistice but not a peace treaty.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • Yet while the armistice was agreed the war never ended to this day.
    — Jennifer Williams, Vox, 12 June 2018
  • The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 marked the end of the Great War — the moment the armistice was signed by the Allies and Germany.
    — Austin Hewitt, Baltimore Sun, 30 Oct. 2022
  • What was signed in 1953 was only an armistice, or truce.
    — Jon Herskovitz, Fortune, 20 June 2019
  • In the end, nukes weren't needed: An armistice was signed in July 1953.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This has languished since the 1950s as an armistice and should be part of any package.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The conflict was halted by a 1953 armistice but no peace treaty has been signed.
    — Bruce Harrison, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Even so, sooner or later, the war will end in a cease-fire or armistice.
    — Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • Of course, North Korea would have to agree and, as a party to the armistice, so would China.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In 1949, control of the city was divided as part of an armistice.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The 1,111 flags are to represent when the armistice treaty ending World War I was signed.
    — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Three failed cease-fires in as many weeks make the future of the new armistice uncertain.
    — NBC News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • In fact, a new armistice seems to be emerging around the science itself.
    — Carol Cruzan Morton, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
  • These were paid for by the French themselves in onerous costs set by the armistice agreement.
    — Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The year saw the armistice signed, signaling an end to the First World War, and the formation of Yugoslavia.
    — cleveland.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • This isn't even an armistice, merely a cease fire at the advantage to Hamas.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
  • He was scheduled to be shipped overseas when the armistice was declared.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • The conflict was halted by a 1953 armistice but no peace treaty was ever signed.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2018
  • To her credit, Peters put her own boots on the ground in Europe after the armistice.
    — Michelle Stacey, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
  • No peace treaty has been signed to replace the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
    — NBC News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The vaunted French army, one of the world’s largest, was overwhelmed by the onslaught, and France signed an armistice six weeks later.
    — Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • But two years after the armistice was declared, Europe was still not at peace.
    — NBC News, 12 July 2021
  • The Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, and no peace treaty has ever been signed.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 31 July 2024
  • Korea is still at war, North and South, legally, but there is an armistice and a divided country.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 July 2024

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