Sentence examples for buckled from inspiring English sources

"buckled" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is a verb meaning to fasten something tightly or secure it with a belt or strap. For example, "He buckled the seatbelt for extra safety."

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buckled

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Past of buckle

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Liberatore limped from Whitten Oval on Saturday after his leg buckled under the weight of Richmond's Tyrone Vickery in a routine tackle during the first quarter of their NAB Challenge match.

Where the tunnel went through coal, the iron props will have since buckled under the weight of gravitational settlement.

Seated and buckled, we're given a rather pessimistic safety briefing ("if you hear the words 'brace brace' we are crashing and we're all going to die") and told that if mirror-balls fall from the ceiling then we should twerk ourselves into an early grave.

Let's give the Liberal Democrats an overwhelming majority next month so that the next time Putin starts kicking off, we can send Clegg over there – his Go Ape safety harness still casually buckled to his beltloops – to sort things out the only way he knows how.

This lucrative niche was damaged in 2008 when the former head of Germany's postal service and many others were caught hiding money in the principality.Under pressure from Germany and America, Liechtenstein buckled, agreeing to dilute bank secrecy and to exchange tax information.

When Conservative ministers offered tepid support, Mr Hester buckled and gave up the bonus.In a BBC interview on February 8th, Mr Hester mounted a valiant defence of high pay in his bank and elsewhere.

The states buckled under this fiscal blackmail but surprise!—under-age drinking did not disappear.

However a demand for an end to missile strikes by unmanned American "drone" aircraft in Pakistan's tribal areas is unlikely to be met.It is possible that Pakistan buckled after pressure behind the scenes.

But the sports-car firm buckled under the debts it acquired along with 51% of VW's shares and options to buy yet more.

On August 4th the government buckled, saying that this year, marks for an English-language portion of the test would not count.It has hardly mollified the students.

For what remains of the country's intelligentsia, the return of the wide-eyed, stooped and sallow-faced dictator was almost as unsettling as the 47 seconds this time last year when the earth shifted and buckled under their feet.Mr Duvalier's scheduled press conference was replaced by a visit to the prosecutor's office.

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