buckling

Example Sentences

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They’re given to those buckling under the wretched weight of their surrounding world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

As subscriber growth slows, Big Streaming is buckling down on revenue maximization and pulling back on its free-spending ways.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

Chinese food-delivery giant Meituan 3690 -1.44%decrease; red down pointing triangle swung into the red for the first time in nearly three years, buckling under the costs of a brutal price war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

They are more engaging with the media, and when under pressure on the field have held their nerve rather than buckling.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

In fact, Duane could well imagine an object so heavy because he was currently buckling under the weight of the heavy table.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el