noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an uneasy truce
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It was an uneasy truce, however, and tension was never far from the surface.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
uneasy
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For the next seventy years an uneasy truce prevailed, until hostilities were resumed in 1644.
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After a while, an uneasy truce was reached.
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But it may also be an uneasy truce , which can only be sustained as long as certain questions are not asked.
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One inhabits it like an occupying army and makes, at best, an uneasy truce with it.
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It can, as in snails, lead to victory or to defeat; or to an uneasy truce .
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It was as if an uneasy truce had been called.
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But after a hurriedly arranged meeting, involving the national gipsy council, an uneasy truce was reached.
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It was an uneasy truce , however, with clear signs of tension persisting.
■ VERB
agree
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Didn't you just agree to a truce ?
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In the autumn, overwhelmed by debts, Edward agreed to the truce of Espléchin which was to endure until midsummer 1342.
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I believed he would not agree to a truce .
break
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Hector said they both knew you were going to break the truce yourself in the spring anyway.
call
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I mean, why don't we call a truce , eh?
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Why don't we call a truce , start again?
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For that at Olympia, the oldest and most prestigious, it was customary for cities at war to call a truce .
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Round about the Elephant and Castle I decided to call a truce and talk to him.
declare
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Above left, Bloods and Crips declare a truce .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a truce between the rival Christian forces
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Both sides agreed on a truce during New Year celebrations.
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The rebels have ended a 17-month-old truce , and could strike at any time.
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The two sides have been unable to negotiate a truce .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ambulances and stretcher-bearers moved about the field-staying close, however, to the Union lines, for no truce existed.
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I mean, why don't we call a truce , eh?
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It must have been a truce .
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So much for the truce , painstakingly pieced together by Bill Clinton and his unique brand of insomnia diplomacy.
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The truce of Tours marked the beginning of another brief phase of diplomacy.
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Three years of war followed, ended by a truce .