buckled
Example Sentences
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Town hall-hopefuls have also pledged to clean up graffiti-covered train stations, end "forever-building sites", fix buckled cycling lanes and take steps to ease a desperate shortage of affordable housing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Richard Wilcock, Rail Magazine industry editor, said it was hard to know the cause without speculating, but photographs appeared to show "clearly a buckled track".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
I had only ever seen him on Zoom, and although he was tall, which was nice, I tried not to judge his brown cracked-leather buckled pilgrim shoes paired with high-waist Wrangler jeans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The discovery of two buckled columns at the former Pfizer headquarters building in Midtown, which was undergoing an office-to-residential conversion, prompted a safety sweep by the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Jack’s legs buckled under him and his arms strained like they never had before as the Mirror pushed down on him harder and harder.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
