How to Use armistice in a Sentence

armistice

noun
  • Yet while the armistice was agreed the war never ended to this day.
    — Jennifer Williams, Vox, 12 June 2018
  • Even so, sooner or later, the war will end in a cease-fire or armistice.
    — Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • He was scheduled to be shipped overseas when the armistice was declared.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • In fact, a new armistice seems to be emerging around the science itself.
    — Carol Cruzan Morton, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
  • In 1953 the two countries signed an armistice but not a peace treaty.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • Three failed cease-fires in as many weeks make the future of the new armistice uncertain.
    — NBC News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Software criticism may be one of the ways to inch toward an armistice.
    — WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But two years after the armistice was declared, Europe was still not at peace.
    — NBC News, 12 July 2021
  • This isn't even an armistice, merely a cease fire at the advantage to Hamas.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
  • 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 conflict was halted by a 1953 armistice but no peace treaty has been signed.
    — Bruce Harrison, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2018
  • This has languished since the 1950s as an armistice and should be part of any package.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
  • A week later, the war ended with an armistice and a German defeat.
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 19 Oct. 2017
  • In 1949, control of the city was divided as part of an armistice.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The conflict was halted by a 1953 armistice but no peace treaty was ever signed.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Much will hang on the details of an armistice, if there is one, and not merely for Europe’s future.
    — The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 5 May 2025
  • An armistice in 1953 paused fighting, but did not formally bring an end to the war.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • To her credit, Peters put her own boots on the ground in Europe after the armistice.
    — Michelle Stacey, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
  • The armistice found the two most prominent Texas units on active service in France.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, North Korea would have to agree and, as a party to the armistice, so would China.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • This resulted in a 1953 armistice that has frozen the conflict in place for more than seven decades.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The year is 1918, and the armistice is just around the corner, but no one on the front line can possibly know that yet.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2024
  • The two Koreas fought a war that ended in 1953 with an armistice but without a peace treaty.
    — Jim Michaels, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2017
  • President Dwight Eisenhower achieved an armistice in the costly war.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • No peace treaty has been signed to replace the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
    — NBC News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Though not a mutual agreement on statehood, the armistice was nonetheless a recognition of land borders.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The 1,111 flags are to represent when the armistice treaty ending World War I was signed.
    — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The year saw the armistice signed, signaling an end to the First World War, and the formation of Yugoslavia.
    — cleveland.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Israel says its post-ceasefire strikes are aimed at preventing attacks or stopping people from approaching its armistice line with Hamas.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 27 May 2026
  • The Korean War lasted three years and was brought to a close with the signing of an armistice agreement in 1953.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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