Example Sentences

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The structures will buckle at much smaller forces because of these imperfections than they would if they were perfectly shaped.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

My fear is that the West will buckle under pressure from consumers hit by the economic crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2022

Cook meanwhile questioned whether Australia - under the new captaincy of Pat Cummins - will buckle under pressure, referencing their fairly recent record of losing winnable matches.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2021

Denise Garrett, an epidemiologist and vice president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, said she believes the Brazilian health care system will buckle if it doesn’t prepare for surging COVID-19 infections.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Provoke him, and he will buckle to a shark.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman