The last to fall, for an instant holding the power net alone, buckled slowly to the frighteningly clear sound of her spine shattering.

Then the knees buckled slowly, as though only reluctantly giving in to the pull of gravity, and the heavy hips settled over the splayed feet.

Her flippers met the soft mud of the lake bottom, and she kept on going down, her legs buckling slowly, knees folding.

As she watched, the boy's knees buckled slowly and he went down in the dust.

Dulled eyes stared at his legs which were still standing above him, twitching spastically as they slowly buckled.

Shari shook her head at the opening, slowly buckling on the climbing harness.

Equipment crashed from Ditmars' hands to bounce away unnoticed across the slowly buckling floor.

His own arm buckled slowly.

Only then did the southron's knees slowly buckle.

The doctor's knees were slowly buckling, one hand gripping the arm of the command chair, the other coming up to claw at his throat.