Buckle in a sentence as a noun

Time to reassess, buckle down, and go again.

Suddenly, Sherman told his friend to "buckle up." He slammed on the brakes and caused an accident.

You can't convince an hourly freelancer to "buckle down" and work 60-80 hour weeks for months on end without paid overtime.

If you're losing weight and the belt is sticking out too far, just take it out of the buckle, cut, replace it within the buckle.

The first time you work for a bad PM who is destroying the project you kind of buckle down, maybe struggle along, but generally put up with it.

Twice I sit on the passenger side and tried to put the seatbelt plate into buckle but I couldn't, because there's already a key holder in there.

Buckle in a sentence as a verb

After all, he did tell his friend to buckle up which indicates he was aware of the risk, did he tell the people in the car behind him to buckle up as well?

"If I walk back and forth through a metal detector with a belt buckle multiple times, do I become increasingly suspicious each time it beeps?

It is just a matter of time before the OEMs buckle and sell your data to an enterprising third party in exchange for the ability to lower costs.

It's about reassuring that a car air bag will work after years of inactivity, or a car seat belt buckle will not break under pressure in a collision.

As someone who suffers from the same "idea addiction," I can say that one of the reasons people like us always chase new ideas is that we are trying to have our great moment, and are always afraid that if we buckle down and commit to one of our ideas, it might not be that Great Work, and we'll end up missing the next great idea when it comes along.

Buckle definitions

noun

fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

noun

a shape distorted by twisting or folding

See also: warp

verb

fasten with a buckle or buckles

See also: clasp

verb

fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"

See also: crumple

verb

bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

See also: heave warp