1
as in collapsed
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks
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2
as in devoted
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention
buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time
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Recent Examples of buckled
Instead of being strapped into a car seat, she’s buckled into a stroller bassinet, missing one shoe and wearing an unimpressed expression.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Kuminga was splayed out on the floor after Lakers reserve Jake LaRavia had buckled him with a hesitation move midway through the quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Think buckled, flat, or stacked heeled variations that blend functionality with refinement–perfect for the city commuter or a jaunty to the countryside.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Crew aboard the ship noticed that the engine room—a long and narrow chamber—was the weakest, and was where multiple beams buckled under the pressure of the ice.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
High and to the left, the net buckled and strained.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Now add San Diego at the peak of a record-breaking heat wave, when demand shot past 5,000 megawatts and the grid nearly buckled.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
State investigators found that the system for the ride had been reset to bypass an alarm that would have warned that the girl wasn’t buckled in.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
Make sure every child is properly buckled and keep your full attention on the road.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Kuminga was splayed out on the floor after Lakers reserve Jake LaRavia had buckled him with a hesitation move midway through the quarter.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Think buckled, flat, or stacked heeled variations that blend functionality with refinement–perfect for the city commuter or a jaunty to the countryside.
—Minty Mellon, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Crew aboard the ship noticed that the engine room—a long and narrow chamber—was the weakest, and was where multiple beams buckled under the pressure of the ice.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
High and to the left, the net buckled and strained.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Now add San Diego at the peak of a record-breaking heat wave, when demand shot past 5,000 megawatts and the grid nearly buckled.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
State investigators found that the system for the ride had been reset to bypass an alarm that would have warned that the girl wasn’t buckled in.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
Make sure every child is properly buckled and keep your full attention on the road.
—Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckled
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The sofa was so collapsed that getting up from it felt like core strength training.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Tapestry devoted the equivalent of 11 percent of sales to marketing in the first quarter, up from 4 percent during fiscal 2019.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Even with other democratic countries, Biden and his team devoted little attention to expanding free trade agreements and fueled economic tensions with allies, especially South Korea and Japan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Barkov crumpled to the ice during the team’s first full preseason practice after minor contact Thursday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, these Bormiolo Rocco glasses designed by Ross Lovegrove look like someone crumpled a regular rocks glass in their hand like a bad first draft.—
Emily Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
18 Oct. 2025
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Macro factors like lower consumer demand, higher material and labor costs, and a trend in consumer trade-down to lower margin tire products have applied significant margin and growth pressure.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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And some Venezuelans, who applied to renew earlier this year, had their TPS extended through early April.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Its stock tumbled more than 11% this week after the company’s earnings report on Monday.—
Blair Bao,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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The company’s shares, which have soared by more than 160% this year, tumbled by more than 8% despite the company’s quarterly results beating Wall Street’s earnings and revenue expectations.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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His spin move for a layup gave the Jayhawks a 17-6 advantage.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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That foul before the inbounds gave Powell one free throw and the Heat possession, but Powell missed that one free throw.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Buckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buckled. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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