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Example sentences for "peace"

Lexicographically close words:
paysages; paysan; paz; pea; peaceable; peaceableness; peaceablie; peaceably; peaceful
  1. If I do not will to marry with my Imperfect Betrothed, Peace of Fervid Mind and Ardent Heart will dwell no more within me.

  2. O yes I remember I am in China" - and she sink back on pillows, like one little baby she fall asleep, all so full of peace and so quiet and still.

  3. When people are rolling the rice balls they want the whole family present, because they think that if the whole family is together to make the rice balls, the whole family will have peace and prosperity throughout the coming year.

  4. But in my terms of honour I stand aloof; and will no reconcilement Till by some elder masters of known honour I have a voice and precedent of peace To keep my name ungor'd.

  5. I have been the cause of all this war, for but for me thou hadst been now at peace with Lancelot, and then had Modred never done this treason.

  6. Yet Sir Lancelot would make no war upon the king, and sent a message to gain peace on any terms King Arthur chose.

  7. And after a great while by his good means the king again forgave and lived in peace with her, though never more in the same lodgings.

  8. And from that time forward peace had been between him and King Arthur, but for Sir Gawain, who left the king no rest, but constantly persuaded him that Lancelot was raising mighty hosts against him.

  9. And when the country was at peace Sir Bors departed, and rode forth into a forest until it was midday, and there befell him a marvelous adventure.

  10. All told her of peace and warmth and comfort.

  11. Margaret was quiet, with the peace of one who has gained a victory.

  12. And the more he looked at this vision of the night, this revelation of peace and love and light, the more he was determined to possess it.

  13. Led by his loving guides, enwrapt he saw Such scenes of beauty passing human speech, Such scenes of peace and joy past human thought, That he who sings must tune a heavenly lyre And seraphs touch his lips with living fire.

  14. Often in deepest sleep she seems to steal Into that inmost chamber of my soul Vacant for her, and nestle to my heart, Breathing a peace my waking hours know not.

  15. I in return beseech you share with me Better than wealth, better than kingly power, The peace and joy that follows lusts subdued.

  16. He yearned to seek these children of the wilds, And teach them peace and gentleness and love.

  17. And in that fragrant garden's cooling shade, Where they had parted, now again they meet, And there we leave them reverently alone, For art can never paint nor words describe The peace and rest and rapture of that scene.

  18. I'm the practical man, Horace, for I want my peace now, and my happiness now, and my God now.

  19. Peace and comfort and happiness are terribly expensive, Horace--and prices have been going up fast since this war began!

  20. Well, of course, we miss that feeling of peace and security that our mothers talked of, but then we also miss that ghastly monotony.

  21. Nothing but a more or less hateful scene, and a consequent loss of all peace between them, without the real source of the trouble being affected in the least.

  22. Fortunately for the peace of that family this was impossible.

  23. When she married, at twenty-nine, she had seen enough of other men to know exactly the kind of husband she wanted, and had had enough excitement to make her appreciate the peace and calm of matrimony.

  24. The very first number contained a statement of the policy of an appeal no longer to a Government pledged to disregard it, but to the Peace Conference which must be summoned on the conclusion of the war.

  25. The Peace Conference was an opportunity to be made use of when circumstances brought it about, a precious and unique opportunity, but Ireland's main and serious work was to develop her own resources and her own powers of resistance.

  26. It hoped that at the Peace Conference the principle of self-determination could not be insisted upon as against Germany, without Germany claiming that it should be acknowledged in the case of Ireland.

  27. But though admission to the Peace Conference was the political objective of Ireland for the moment it was not regarded as its ultimate or only aim.

  28. It asserts too and claims Ireland's right to representation at any International Peace Conference.

  29. The appeal to the Peace Conference was destined to fall upon deaf ears but this was not at the time believed to be possible.

  30. Where sickness to his sense presents The combat of the elements, And never feels a perfect peace Till death's cold hand signs his release.

  31. Where, though the glory differ in each star, Yet is there peace still and no war.

  32. I school my eyes, and strictly dwell Within the circle of my cell; That calm and silence are my joys, Which to thy peace are but mere noise.

  33. Truth stamps conviction in your ravished breast; And peace and joy attend the glorious guest.

  34. Yet shall these conquests of thy bays outlive Their Scottish zeal, and compacts made to grieve The peace of spirits; and when such deeds fail Of their foul ends, a fair name is thy bail.

  35. Peace brought forth plenty, plenty bred content, And that crowned all their plans with merriment.

  36. To find the rest and peace he so much needed, Gordon now went to the Holy Land.

  37. His stay in China was not long, but when he returned to England he had made peace between two empires.

  38. He sent for Halliday Macartney, a wise and brave English officer, and a friend of Gordon's, and asked him to go to Gordon and try and make peace between them.

  39. His work was finished in February 1856, and in March peace was declared between Russia and Britain.

  40. When Gordon sent him messages of peace he sent back insolent answers, calling upon Gordon to become a Mussulman, and to come and serve the Mahdi.

  41. In Khartoum itself, by the mercy of its Governor, peace soon reigned.

  42. Refuge in God is peace for ever, When earthly cares oppress the mind; Who from the heart can pray is never Bowed down by fate, howe'er unkind.

  43. The unconscious wanted to be left in peace with its illusion.

  44. True, he was nervous and worn with excitement and fatigue, but there was with him a sense of duty done, even though tardily, which brought peace into his mind and lightness to his footsteps.

  45. Happily for their peace of mind, the prophet said nothing of the year that was to witness the awful calamity; so that they think it as likely to be two centuries hence as now.

  46. So much ill-feeling was directed towards the latter, that at this time a return to the old prices, unaccompanied by his dismissal, would not have made the manager's peace with the pitites.

  47. That fiery year as soon as o'er, Peace shall then be as before; Plenty shall everywhere be found, And men with swords shall plough the ground.

  48. Many a one who thinks himself the possessor of a bullet which aided in giving peace to the world on that memorable day, is the owner of a dump, first extracted from the ore a dozen years afterwards.

  49. I shall keep the secret within my own bosom, where it will corrode my peace and break my rest.

  50. The Jesuit Milet had lived for the most Part with the Oneydoes; he had infused into them the most favourable Sentiments of the French, and they had been the most inclined to Peace on the French Terms.

  51. The Five Nations continue the War with the French, and make Peace with the Dionondadies.

  52. The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, from the Time of the Revolution to the Peace of Reswick.

  53. The Tree of Peace is planted so firmly, that it cannot be moved, let us on both Sides hold the Chain fast.

  54. We make fast the Roots of the Tree of Peace and Tranquillity, which is planted in this Place.

  55. Thus the War was continued till the Peace of Reswick, by small Parties of Indians, on both Sides, harassing, surprising, and scalping the Inhabitants near Montreal and Albany.

  56. Notwithstanding this Cruelty, which the French Governor manifested towards the Five Nations, and thereby his Hatred of them, he found Peace with them so necessary to Canada, that he still pursued it by all the Means in his Power.

  57. Brother Cayenguirago, In former Times our Propositions to one another were only Discourses of Peace and Friendship, and in giving Presents; but how much is the Case altered of late?

  58. The Covenant must be kept; for the Fire of Love of Virginia and Maryland burns in this Place, as well as ours, and this House of Peace must be kept clean.

  59. He fluttered into Houston like a white dove of peace with the proverbial olive branch in his mouth.

  60. This remarkable implement, equally useful for peace or war, is offered to an eager public at the low price of $1.

  61. Roux de Marsilly came hither when your Majesty had made a union with Holland for making the Peace betwix the two Crownes and when it was probable the opposition to the Peace would bee on the side of France.

  62. Peace being made, Marsilly was given money to take him out of the country.

  63. Presently the Peace was made and Marsilly told more plainly wee had no use of him.

  64. Marsilly came to England, he said, when Charles was entering into negotiations for peace with Holland, and when France seemed likely to oppose the peace.

  65. The audience at first remained silent, then their faces gradually unwrinkled, and soon, one or two claps having been ventured, they were carried away and peace was made.

  66. I tell him, before you, to look for no pity, no charity, no recognition from us until he has made his peace with his outraged God.

  67. Later that day, when his letters were dispatched, he left the house and walked up and down the pleasant quays by the river, possessed by a great sense of peace and exaltation.

  68. Fleury to patch a hasty peace with Austria.

  69. Over this Land I ruled in peace for many years, until I grew old and longed to see my native city once again.

  70. That white silence shed by heaven over earth carries with it, far and wide, the pure peace of another region--almost another life.

  71. Not on the face of all the earth--or of all the sea--is there a spot of profounder peace than that isle that has long been his abode.

  72. Peace loves--as now--to dwell within his shadow; but high among the precipices are the halls of the storms.

  73. Let the sea-mew be thy guide up the glen, if thy delight be in peace profounder than ever sat with her on the lull of summer waves!

  74. Within her walls may peace ever dwell with piety--and the light of science long blend with the lustre of the domestic hearth!

  75. Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own He drives them from his fort, the towering seat For ages of his empire; which in peace Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.

  76. Nicolaes was a traitor after all; he had cast the eternal shroud of shame over the honour and peace of his house.

  77. He hoped to find rest and peace beside Gilda; he would not tell her that he had condemned the man to death.

  78. But there was an atmosphere of peace in the tiny room, with its humble little bits of furniture and the huge earthenware stove from which the pleasing glow of a wood fire emanated and shed a cheerful radiance around.

  79. But I was unfortunately not consulted as to my choice of a fatherland: nor doth it change the fact that King James of England is at peace just now with all the world.

  80. But I will tell you--in peace time a soldier is expected to be a gentleman; in active service he's got to be a lunatic.

  81. In the times of peace he collared a living, for about four and a half months of the year, by training with various militia corps.

  82. We know little of them, and in the times of peace care less.

  83. In peace times you find him convicted daily for drunkenness, absence, insolence, and a hundred other things, yet in war he is always a hero.

  84. Naturally the training of such gentlemen in peace times is troublesome.

  85. If the officer is still the same cool gentleman who has kindly but firmly guided him in the other affairs of peace and war--all's well.

  86. Finally, understanding that she was not to be won back by sophistries, he offered to leave her in peace if she would give the child to him.

  87. He was asked no questions about scene or scenery, about play or percentage--his privacy and peace were ever of the first consideration.

  88. The course of events at Carthage subsequent to the peace was as follows: As soon as possible after it was finally ratified Barcas withdrew the troops at Eryx to Lilybaeum, and then immediately laid down his command.

  89. He was a bitter anti-Romanist like Diaeus: and these statesmen and their party fancied that the Romans, having already two wars on hand, at Carthage and in Spain, would make any sacrifice to keep peace with Achaia.

  90. After this alarm they kept quiet for thirteen years; at the end of which period, seeing that the power of the Romans was growing formidable, they made a peace and a definite treaty with them.

  91. After these defeats the Gauls maintained an unbroken peace with Rome for forty-five years.

  92. Next year, upon embassies coming from the Celts, desiring peace and making unlimited offers of submission, the new Consuls, Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, were urgent that no peace should be granted them.

  93. Again this same people published a proclamation giving the various cities freedom and autonomy in accordance with the terms of the peace of Antalcidas, and yet did not withdraw their Harmosts from the cities.

  94. The treaty with the Rhodians was simple: “The Byzantines will not collect toll from any ship sailing into the Pontus; and in that case the Rhodians and their allies are at peace with the Byzantines.

  95. A rush was made to the shore by the inhabitants to prevent the Romans landing; and the tumult was with difficulty composed by the wisdom of one of the magistrates, Apollonides, who persuaded the people to vote for the peace with Rome (B.

  96. It has also the absolute power of passing or repealing laws; and, most important of all, it is the people who deliberate on the question of peace or war.

  97. But there is nowhere else any indication of such an interval at this period, and we must suppose Polybius to be speaking in general terms of the result of the peace during the next ten months.

  98. She had been so desirous that he and Miss Durham should conclude peace, and now that peace was agreed upon, Salome said, 'No!

  99. But Salome was not one who could degenerate into such a mar-peace as this.

  100. The belief of this gives peace to the troubled heart and uneasy conscience.

  101. There is a constant tendency in the heart to ground our peace and acceptance upon something in or about ourselves, even though we admit that that something is wrought by the Holy Ghost.

  102. Every enemy has been vanquished, and eternal peace proclaimed, through the blood of his cross.

  103. Beloved reader, may we know this, for our peace and joy in God and his glory in us.

  104. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

  105. He did not bear witness to Abel, but to Abel's sacrifice; and this fixes distinctly the proper ground of a believer's peace and acceptance before God.

  106. The path of separation is the path of power, as it is also the path of peace and blessedness.

  107. All who by faith lay hold of that divine reality, will enjoy a peace which the world can neither give nor take away.

  108. There was nothing like a state of universal righteousness and peace then, neither shall there be any thing like it by-and-by.

  109. No, it was a perfectly accomplished sacrifice; and in its accomplishment our everlasting peace is sealed.

  110. I should waste words were I to try to describe how the peace and quietude of the life we led in the forest during the time of my recovery sank into my heart; which had known, save by my mother's bedside, little of such joys.

  111. What if the King of France thought to make his peace with his Catholic subjects--offended by the murder of Guise--by a second murder of one as obnoxious to them as he was precious to their arch-enemy in the South?

  112. If you are at peace with him and hold it at his will, I am his servant, and safe also.

  113. And are those safe or at peace who came here trusting to his word, who lay in his palace and slept in his beds?

  114. There are rumours of immediate peace with Spain.

  115. I had seen more of the quiet and peace of the country than had been my share since boyhood, and I felt a little melancholy; it might be for that reason, or because I had no great taste for the task before me--the task now so imminent.

  116. I should have to make my peace with the Cardinal as I best might.

  117. You, to come here and talk of peace and safety!

  118. He pointed to the lean parchment mask of Father Pezelay, who coloured ever so faintly, but held his peace under the sneer.


  119. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "peace" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    peace and; peace commissioner; peace establishment; peace footing; peace negotiations; peace offering; peace offerings; peace should; peace time; peace times; peace treaty; peace were; peace will; peace with; peace would; peaceful settlement; peaceful solution