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Example sentences for: buckle

How can you use “buckle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We were easy prey for the safety crusaders who argued in the 1970s and '80s that drivers and their passengers could not be expected to buckle their seat belts and shoulder belts, and that the recalcitrant car companies should be required to install "passive restraints."
, home to police officers and firemen; to Broken Arrow, Okla., on the buckle of the Bible Belt.
And the quaintly elaborate capitalization--Buckle "found his way into ...
By some accounts, Clinton's chief contribution at Wye was his refusal to buckle in two showdowns with Netanyahu.
2. "The astonishing volatility of the Nasdaq has clearly driven some people batty . TheStreet.com quoted one trader this week who said that since you can look at a chart of the Nasdaq 100 and can see 'perfect double-top' (which is like looking at a cloud and seeing an elephant), we should 'buckle our seatbelts.