in peace

idiom

: in a state of quiet and calm : peacefully
They have lived in peace for many years.

Examples of in peace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Can’t a girl have a nervous breakdown/trial separation/midlife crisis/death/divorce in peace around here?! Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 26 May 2024 The Franks, for their part, were ready to be out of the spotlight and able to grieve in peace. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024 Between the years 376 and 377 a massive number of Goths, pushed south by the Huns, crossed the Danube River into the fertile Roman territory of Thrace requesting asylum and promising to cultivate the land in peace. For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024 Hours after the evacuation order, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, issued a statement that the group had accepted a new cease-fire proposal from Qatar and Egypt, which have acted as intermediaries in peace talks. Michael Levenson, New York Times, 6 May 2024 Wood stressed that the U.S. commitment to a two-state solution, where Israel and Palestine live side-by-side in peace, is the only path for security for both sides and for Israel to establish relations with all its Arab neighbors, including Saudi Arabia. Edith M. Lederer, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024 To live in freedom and dignity, in peace and security, in our ancestral land. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024 The poem is about hoping to share tea with mothers in Gaza one day and watching their children live out their lives in peace. Shira Pinson, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024 Under a Wallace presidency, there was to be no Cold War irrespective of whether Stalin did anything that a responsible U.S. government would naturally expect from a partner in peace. Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2024

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“In peace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20peace. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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