How to Use peace in a Sentence

peace

1 of 2 noun
  • We said a prayer for world peace.
  • The problem was settled and his mind was at peace.
  • They are at peace with each other.
  • Peace and order were finally restored in the town.
  • He is searching for inner peace.
  • Insurance can provide you with peace of mind.
  • After many years of war, people on both sides were longing for peace.
  • He tried to negotiate a peace between the warring countries.
  • After years of therapy, he has finally achieved an inner peace.
  • There was a peace of 50 years before war broke out again.
  • Charles wants peace with his son.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • That’s where my peace comes from.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • What would put your mind at peace?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Treaties alone do not keep the peace.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Why did the monks walk for peace?
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • How did the peace prize come about?
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • So, peace in our time — for now.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • So maybe that math might bring more peace.
    — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The peace prize looked grotesque at the time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That gave me a lot of peace about it.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
  • What are some signs your peace lily needs a boost?
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That gives me a great sense of peace in my life.
    — Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is an offer of peace and love.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026
  • May his soul rest in perfect peace.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Let peace echo, not gunfire, one read.
    — Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Ukraine might be at peace had that happened.
    — Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Iraqis warned me that this new peace conceals rot.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t dilute your voice to keep the peace.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Calm steps protect your progress and peace.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t abandon your truth to keep the peace.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

peace

2 of 2 verb
  • Amen to peace through strength.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Peace talks, if not peace itself, may be close at hand in Afghanistan.
    — James Dobbins, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
  • William has peaced out of Savannah and made it up to Philadelphia in time for his other cousin Henry’s wedding to Mercy.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • As many as 60 to 80 percent of milk, wheat, and egg allergies can peace out by puberty—a pattern that might also be related to the instability of the allergens involved.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Charity Lawson kicked off this week’s episode of The Bachelorette by apologizing for peacing out of the barbecue last week after learning that Brayden called her classless.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • In a final episode that is mostly mopping up what’s already been solved in Episode 15, Mi-jin’s alter ego is revealed to be the spirit of her aunt who supernaturally takes over Mi-jin’s body before randomly peacing out.
    — Geoffrey Bunting, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024

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