How to Use gearing in a Sentence

gearing

noun
  • The four-wheel-drive system has low-range gearing for hills, sand and mud.
    — star-telegram, 30 June 2018
  • Gears The gearing of my bike hasn't changed much; there are just more of them.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2018
  • Trim the chain with a chain tool to fit that gearing and use a quick link to connect the ends.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 1 June 2021
  • Keep in mind that this gearing will drain the battery more than when driven at slower city speeds.
    — New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Thrown across the tank, Maes' right leg became lodged in the gearing under the tank.
    — Fox News, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The transmission’s gearing took some getting used to at first.
    — Peter Nelson, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Three years ago, the Warriors got their first and only taste of the play-in round their gearing up for now.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • All gearing is internal, meaning no derailleurs to break, bend, or fall out of tune.
    — John Bradley, WIRED, 21 Apr. 2011
  • Credit the tighter gearing and faster shifts of the eight-speed automatic.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Finally, the gearing puts the saw’s blade on the left, where a right-handed user can see the blade and the cut line.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
  • That prevents dirt and grime from getting into the reel’s gearing, and allows line to come out aligned with the reel’s guides.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • This year, there's a new rear spoiler, a slight change in the gearing, and minor paint revisions, but that's about it.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But again, the absence of low-range gearing and those great big Bridgestones are enough to keep us clear of the wilderness.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • That makes the use of leverage, also known as gearing, potentially more risky.
    — Julie Steinberg, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And since new gearings were able to mimic wheels larger than those of the largest Ordinary, speed records fell too.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 6 July 2018
  • The tall gearing and the engine's wide powerband limited time-sapping upshifts to a mere five per lap.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2023
  • That choice, paired with the gearing of the combination hub/motor, is my major complaint about this bike.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Some of the improvement comes from lowered gearing for the seven-speed twin-clutch transmission.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Robinhood's gearing up for what some expect to be a blockbuster IPO this year.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 June 2021
  • Ferociously tall gearing means third gear is good for 140 mph and first gear is long enough to reach highway speeds.
    — Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The crank is affixed to an internal gearing system that controls the rotation of the front chain ring.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2017
  • The film is in pre-production gearing up for a UK shoot in 2025.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The motor's internal gearing turns the special brake rotor, spinning the rear wheel.
    — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Based on the x-ray data, Price developed a complete model of all the gearing on the device.
    — Tony Freeth, Scientific American, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Moreover, now that many of the compromises that come along with low gearing have disappeared, so has the stigma.
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 21 July 2022
  • First, a gearing issue dropped him from pole, before an in-opportune smack into the wall in Turn 4.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2020
  • At low speeds, the extremely low gearing allows quick, easy parking maneuvers.
    — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The driving technique is essentially the same, with all the gearing modes available as before.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The all-wheel-drive system of the Q7 does not offer low-range gearing for serious off-road driving.
    — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 28 Oct. 2017
  • But over the months leading up to launch, smart marketing showing the depth of the gearing and skill builds, and a free demo showed off how fun gameplay could be.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021

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