How to Use ceasefire in a Sentence

ceasefire

noun
  • His job is to find the ceasefire.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The two sides both agreed to a ceasefire.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Give us two months of ceasefire.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This may not last once there’s a ceasefire.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But, yet again, the ceasefire held.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Khaled learned of the ceasefire deal from some guards.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But last year, out of thin air, came a ceasefire.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • What will this mean for ceasefire talks and hostages?
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yet the ceasefire is said to be intact.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • More on what Trump has said about a ceasefire and peace deal.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 12 May 2026
  • Gvili's return brings to a close the first phase of the ceasefire.
    — Jordana Miller, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And yet the ceasefire has mostly held.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Vance also seems bullish on the ceasefire's longer-term prospects.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The ceasefire, for now, remained in place.
    — Saeed Shah, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Hamas said that the strike would not change its demands for a ceasefire deal.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The ceasefire is still in effect.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The ceasefire has started a new era in Gaza.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The Gaza ceasefire has been in place for almost two weeks.
    — NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The two sides met in Malaysia within days and agreed to a ceasefire.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But the ceasefire remains shaky.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Much of it has been under the form – a pretty good form of ceasefire.
    — NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • Iran signed a ceasefire agreement.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • The issue of a ceasefire was brought to the table.
    — Dmytro Razumkov, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the hostages have been released in ceasefires or other deals.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Gaza’s new normal seems to be a ceasefire that is both fragile and durable.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the hostages have been released in ceasefires or other deals.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • There will probably be some sort of ceasefire, maybe soon.
    — David Ignatius, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Six months after the ceasefire, the Gaza peace plan has gone nowhere.
    — Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
  • The ceasefire must be the beginning, not the end.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Even though a ceasefire was reached early last month, tensions are still high.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026

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