It is too early to know whether peace will hold for long.

"I think the peace will hold," he said at last.

Clearly, the immediate question is whether the peace here holds.

The peace held like an unnatural calm for a long time.

Here I would have asked about this grandson and the tomb, but having no time, held my peace.

Unfortunately the peace did not hold and for the next two years the whole of the province was at war.

The peace with the Lombards held for the rest of his administration.

But this peace will not hold without an effort to rebuild the country.

But now we've had the war, and I think the peace will hold.

But even if the peace holds, economic progress is far from assured.