PEACE in a Sentence

Learn PEACE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
393 example sentences for PEACE, such as:
1. There might be a moment's peace in it.
2. Tonight, the peace agreement lies in tatters.
3. I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace.
4. The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
5. Every day they are talking about peace but actually preparing for war.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PEACE
peace
 n.  the state prevailing during the absence of war
 n.  a treaty to cease hostilities
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  Perpetual fretting at length threw Madame Moritz into a decline, which at first increased her irritability, but she is now at peace for ever.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  At these moments I wept bitterly and wished that peace would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  Once commenced, it would quickly be achieved, and I might be restored to my family in peace and happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
6  Company was irksome to me; when alone, I could fill my mind with the sights of heaven and earth; the voice of Henry soothed me, and I could thus cheat myself into a transitory peace.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
7  This idea pursued me and tormented me at every moment from which I might otherwise have snatched repose and peace.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
8  I burned with rage to pursue the murderer of my peace and precipitate him into the ocean.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
9  Well, be it so; a deadly struggle would then assuredly take place, in which if he were victorious I should be at peace and his power over me be at an end.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
10  My spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
11  On the wall hung a row of portraits, representing the forefathers of the Bellingham lineage, some with armour on their breasts, and others with stately ruffs and robes of peace.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
12  In other words, Mr. Dimmesdale, whose sensibility of nerve often produced the effect of spiritual intuition, would become vaguely aware that something inimical to his peace had thrust itself into relation with him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
13  There might be a moment's peace in it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
14  If in all these past seven years," thought he, "I could recall one instant of peace or hope, I would yet endure, for the sake of that earnest of Heaven's mercy.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
15  Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIX
Example Sentence: (183 in 13 pages)
1  He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace.
2  Every day they are talking about peace but actually preparing for war.
3  The administration is in the process of drawing up a peace plan.
4  The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
5  Tonight, the peace agreement lies in tatters.
6  A peace agreement will be signed by the leaders of the country's warring factions.
7  The attack on civilians is a flagrant violation of the peace agreement.
8  The negotiators were meeting in secret for several months before the peace agreement was made public.
9  Representatives of many nations at the peace talks are working towards agreement.
10  This weekend's talks between the two leaders have set the scene for a peace agreement to be reached.
11  Neither side seems prepared to make the first move towards reaching a peace agreement.
12  There was total agreement to start the peace process as soon as possible.
13  Tell not all you know nor judge of all you see if you would live in peace.
14  In a broadcast on state radio the government also announced that it was willing to resume peace negotiations.
15  I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.