How to Use gearshift in a Sentence

gearshift

noun
  • The truck’s gearshift was in drive and the keys were the ignition.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Police opened the truck door, placed the gearshift in park and removed the keys.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The car’s engine was running, the gearshift was in drive and the man’s foot was on the brake.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The gearshift itself is a large knob for big Jeep-owner man-paws to handle.
    — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Not long after Jan drove away from her family, her car’s gearshift cracked off.
    — Gina Barton, jsonline.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • In ancient times their gearshift was, in this moment, a massive shampoo.
    — Jay Pilgreen, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Switch the gearshift to the shiftable side, and a Sport light comes on and the nice car gets a little peppy.
    — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Renshaw slammed the gearshift, rocked back and forth, and eventually clawed her way out.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • At the center of business is the padded aircraft-style gearshift lever, flanked by two smaller levers.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 15 June 2018
  • The gearshift linkage is clunky; the single brake discs on the front and rear wheel are undersized and overmatched.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The gearshift lever has less travel than the 356's, is smoother, and requires no more effort.
    — Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Even more carbon is found inside, in the form of a gearshift cover, door and dash accents, and paddle shifters.
    — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Remember taking that curve and being pressed into the driver’s side door or gearshift.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 10 Dec. 2013
  • The set also comes with a gearshift knob from the Razor Crest spaceship, which can be placed in Grogu's hand.
    — Sarah Toscano and Jennifer Maldonado, EW.com, 22 June 2023
  • But a parallel hybrid might be our last chance for an MX-5 with a manual gearshift.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 July 2023
  • The steering wheel is also new and the gearshift is relocated to the steering column to free up space in the center console.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 26 Mar. 2023
  • This gives you the most direct throttle mapping, the fastest gearshifts, and the quickest reactions from the suspension.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Also included is the gearshift knob from the Razor Crest spaceship, which is his favorite toy.
    — Toni Sutton, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Whether at racetracks or simply around town, car scenes feature recurrent, sharply edited closeups of hands on gearshifts and feet on clutches.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Without the need for a gearshift lever or a clutch, the Kalk has hand controls only, with the rear brake on the left and the twist throttle and front brake on the right.
    — Ty Brookhart, Outside Online, 25 June 2018
  • Andrei handed me the controls and dove into the driver’s seat, jamming the key in the ignition and raking the gearshift into drive.
    — Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Inside, the gearshift folds down flat so the center stack can unfold into a useful flat surface (above) for a laptop, notepad or a table for a bag of burgers.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The shiny black plastic around the gearshift—shared with the 2-series Gran Coupe—feels particularly cheap.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The vehicle had been part of a recall related to its electronic gearshift, but had not been repaired when the accident occurred.
    — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2017
  • There’s a flicker of nerves before deploying the Tremec five-speed manual gearshift and the dread of stalling out at pit lane in front of a gallery of onlookers.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Hyundai also retains the skeuomorphism of a Start button and physical gearshift stalk to the right of the steering wheel.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 5 May 2022
  • The issue prompting the recall is a clip meant to keep the gearshift cable and transmission connected to each other, which may not be properly seated.
    — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 7 Apr. 2020
  • However, the smoothness gained off the line is traded for a mixed bag of sometimes-abrupt gearshifts, especially when the drive mode is in more aggressive settings.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The clutch was light and smooth in its take-up, the gearshift for the five-speed ZF ‘box surprisingly light and the steering surgically precise.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2021
  • This Lego set also comes with Grogu’s favorite toy, the gearshift knob from the Razor Crest spaceship, which can be attached to his hand. Containing 1,073 pieces, the set is recommended for ages 8 and up.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 2 Sep. 2023

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