Example Sentences

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Nothing has proved this more than our current year, with two catastrophes that would have buckled, if not outright destroyed, other cities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Other soldiers we met also spoke of broken relationships and marriages that have buckled under the strain.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

The lavra’s doors are off their hinges and transoms have buckled; the brick walls of the churchyard bear the cavities of artillery.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Roads have buckled, and train cables have melted.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

The pressure might have buckled a lesser individual, but no one was more up to the task than Katherine Johnson.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly