How to Use high gear in a Sentence

high gear

noun
  • She shifted the car into high gear.
  • This could shift him into high gear.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The threat from China will hit high gear this year.
    — Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That will kick our warming trend into high gear.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The search for Denise quickly kicked into high gear.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Now the two teams will be hoping to get their bats into high gear from the beginning.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • On the field, each player kicks their power—called a Tama—into high gear.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
  • Looks like the summer solstice kicked fashion into high gear.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Trump kicked it into high gear in late March with a series of social media posts.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
  • With the demand, the lab’s reactor program has sprung back into high gear.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Things shifted into high gear a few years later, however.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This civic attitude kicked into high gear as ICE bore down on the state.
    — Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The effort will shift into high gear when Congress returns from recess next week.
    — Claudia Grisales, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The rumor mill will kick into high gear about where James’ next destination could be.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • And as the primary’s final stretch nears, the campaigns are kicking into high gear.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • Instead, the company shifted into high gear and rose to the challenge.
    — Christopher Derose, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • In June, the garden shifts into high gear, and every corner seems to call for a bit of attention.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
  • This time around, BC High decided to kick it into high gear early.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • As the owner of a local racing speedway, Tony went into high gear to keep this festival afloat.
    — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The snowy side of this storm is in high gear in the Sierra Nevada, where several feet are expected to pile up.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
  • When your time is always broken up into these little endless tasks, your nervous system shifts into high gear and doesn’t get a chance to recharge.
    — Parents, 13 June 2026
  • Hello from Milan and Cortina, where the Games are kicking into high gear.
    — The Sports Desk, NBC news, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Years later, my research skills kicked into high gear during my college application process.
    — Ohanna Carrascoza, CNBC, 1 May 2026
  • Plus, Vienna is considered the world’s best city for classical music, and winter is when the scene is in high gear.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Then, and this happened pretty quickly, the communications major in her kicked into high gear.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Most offenses aren’t in high gear while figuring out the quarterback situation, whether one or both end up playing most of the snaps.
    — Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This is where the season really kicks into high gear, putting our heroes up against someone whose power turns all of their strengths into weaknesses.
    — Ew Staff December 5, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This has already been an active offseason for the Red Sox, but over the next few days things should really kick into high gear.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Klobuchar is putting her gubernatorial campaign into high gear.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • When it was found outside the visitors center, investigators kicked into high gear.
    — David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026

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