Sentence examples similar to cease fire for from inspiring English sources
The guns ceased firing for a while, and the man came into the batteries: he proved to be a Ghoorkha, whose lower jaw had been shattered by a cannon shot, and who came thus frankly to solicit assistance from his enemy.
Look for a lot of talk about a "sustainable" cease fire, code-words for an agreement that stops all rocket-fire by Hamas into Israel, a tough task.
Even while calling for a cease fire, Grossman promised, "We can always start shooting again".
In the meantime, Chesnois was ordered to cease supporting fire for fear of hitting the French rescue force, allowing the Germans to move freely about the surface.
But we never had a cease-fire for one day".
"North and South Korea," he reminded his friend, "have been under a cease-fire for years".
The I.R.A. has been in a cease-fire for four years.
Hamas later announced a cease-fire for all of its factions in the Gaza Strip, the newspaper Haaretz reported.
In accordance with a United Nations resolution, both countries honoured a cease-fire for the duration of the Games.
It did not address the utter failure of the last cease-fire, for example, nor suggest any kind of timetable.
By the time that U.S. President George Bush declared a cease-fire for February 28, Iraqi resistance had completely collapsed.
