- present participle of buckle.
buckling
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of buckling
C20: from German Bückling
Example Sentences
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A few takeaways: Companies are buckling up for a higher-yield environment; spreads—the amount a company pays above a benchmark Treasury—may widen; and those issuing debt may do so with shorter, cheaper, maturities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Video from inside the building shows the buckling beam.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Right now 150 million people are living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Forcing it to blink is not a costless enterprise, but buckling is not costless either.
From Slate ● May 18, 2026
In the lobby the doorman dozed, his starched bib buckling beneath his chin with his breathing, his white head bare.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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