gear
Example Sentences
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England were scoreless for the first 22 minutes against Laurent Frayssinous' side but went through the gears in the second period to record their biggest-ever margin of victory over France.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
OK, let’s shift gears from international relations to something closer to home—like what else you should be reading this evening:
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
But Caroline is a do-it-yourself kind of millennial, so I’ve had to shift gears, and explain how and why a chore should be carried out, and then let Caroline do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The narrow stairway was filled with the heavy whirring of gears and joints as the robots steadily lurched upward.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“You’re tall, your hair is Hollywood ready, your style is effortless. If I didn’t have Mrs. Samantha Last-Name-to-Be-Discovered-Before-I-Can-Properly-Hyphenate-It-with-Boggs, I’m positive you would have me changing gears within a year.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
