Example Sentences

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The last time I saw her, I was three and she was buckling my seatbelt in the back of my father’s car.

From Salon • May 11, 2024

And in the wake of the storm, the wall was buckling under the weight of the earthen mass, threatening dozens of residents.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2023

During a news conference Wednesday, Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom said the city has been a “guardian of the right to shelter,” but the system was buckling under pressure.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

He told family and medical professionals that she was buckling under the weight of her depression.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2019

Aboveboard, the tall grass around the pond was buckling under the weight of the snow, but the happy bulrushes stood tall under Cat in the Hat-high caps of powder.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx