buckled

past tense of buckle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckled
Verb
  • Yet his regime collapsed within days of the start of a coordinated rebel offensive.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The 150ft section of the pier that collapsed, which included a restroom, was being worked on after it had been damaged by storms in the past.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Brown devoted Wednesdays to mobility and conditioning after years of just incorporating it into his daily workouts.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The special section of Art Bulletin—which, as the discipline’s flagship journal, constitutes a semiofficial statement about AI’s importance in the field—devoted the majority of its space to critical commentary about the application of computer vision to works of art.
    Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The moment Watson crumpled to the field, the Browns’ future instantly pivoted.
    Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Over a one-week period, a concrete solution was applied to fill the hole until the leak stopped.
    Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
  • But a prevailing question is whether the administration has raced to act, made mistakes and later applied new narratives and legal justifications to specific deportation cases challenged in the news and in the courts.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Over the weekend, Hamas gave Qatar and Egypt its agreement to a proposal that resembles an offer made several weeks ago by White House envoy Steve Witkoff.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
  • To do this, Congress gave the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) carte blanche to raise revenue for the USF.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Buckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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