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Six example sentences with armistice, each labelled with its topic.
The guns fell silent at eleven that November morning, and the armistice held while delegates argued for another seven months.
History
Both delegations signed a fragile armistice, silencing the border for six weeks while negotiators met quietly in Geneva.
Politics
The two clans called an armistice, freezing their raids until a treaty could be hammered out on the forum.
Gaming
The film spends its final hour on the morning of the armistice, with soldiers counting down to eleven o'clock.
Movies
The poem was written in the week after the armistice, and its quiet is louder than any of the poet's battle verses.
Literature
Lawyers point out that an armistice only pauses the fighting, so the two Koreas technically remain at war after seventy years.
Law
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