buckle under
Example Sentences
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's government presents its first budget on Tuesday, a spending plan he says will provide "the answer" for an economy starting to buckle under US tariffs.
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
The biscuit began to buckle under the weight of its own layers, the folds getting too heavy, too thin.
From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025
He stayed focused on Thursday as his opponent, the defending champion Ding, appeared to buckle under the pressure.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024
“We just have to hope that our hillside, our foundation that our home sits on, doesn’t buckle under the weight of all the rain.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024
We’d jump off the roof of the depot, using an army-surplus blanket as our parachute and letting our legs buckle under us when we hit the ground, like Dad had taught us real parachutists do.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
