A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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I had only ever seen him on Zoom, and although he was tall, which was nice, I tried not to judge his brown cracked-leather buckled pilgrim shoes paired with high-waist Wrangler jeans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m gonna kiss my kids a few more times,” Simpson told a deputy, before the father’s attorney buckled the crying boys, now 20 months old, into car seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Elsewhere, vehicles on a two-lane road were seen carefully navigating sections of buckled pavement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
After Wales' scrum buckled early on, an ineffective attacking play involving Thomas resulted in Springboks hooker Malcolm Marx achieving a turnover penalty with rampaging lock Cobus Wiese almost crossing the Welsh line before knocking on.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“You go on ahead. I’ll follow you on Dodger,” Akira told Vicki once they had Sue buckled in.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
