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
  • Trek is in high gear these days, and has been for the last three or four years.
    — Fortune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Fun kicks into high gear, but so does dirt, mildew, and mold.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2023
  • 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 part of me that is the very most mature part of me goes into high gear.
    — al, 22 Oct. 2022
  • What gets you into high gear, ready to charge ahead, and what deflates you?
    — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Some slow-starting squads will shake off the rust and soon kick it into high gear.
    — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • That’s when the host Lions put it in high gear and reeled off eight straight goals.
    — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
  • The search for Denise quickly kicked into high gear.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Even though the new year has just kicked off, style stars were kicking things into high gear.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Walmart is set to serve summer deals as the heat kicks into high gear.
    — James Powel, The Courier-Journal, 25 June 2024
  • But book banning efforts remain in high gear in many parts of the country.
    — Richard Galant, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The news that Diana had been killed sent news outlets into high gear.
    — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Lots of returning linemen should keep the running game in high gear.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Smart, savvy, personable, and knows when to kick it into high gear and when to blend in with the pack.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
  • But in the campaign’s final days, Cruz kicked it into high gear.
    — Paul Cobler, Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Web-like stockings and a tangle of rings and necklaces kicked the look into high gear.
    — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Classes start in two days, and work for the school paper has already kicked into high gear.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The rapprochement has been in high gear since the spring of 2018.
    — Erasmus, The Economist, 24 July 2019
  • But things ratcheted into high gear in the first few months of 2018.
    — Phil Anastasia, Philly.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • On the field, each player kicks their power—called a Tama—into high gear.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 8 June 2026
  • As summer kicks into high gear, days spent by the pool or at the beach are likely in your future.
    — Esme Benjamin, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
  • In Rome, the cull that began in late June is soon set to shift into high gear.
    — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
  • And the trend kicked into high gear last year, as the devices began their mainstream push in earnest.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022
  • While most of Paros shifts into high gear in August, this spot holds a steady pace.
    — Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • Looks like the summer solstice kicked fashion into high gear.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Six months seems like a long time, but the May primaries will kick things into a higher gear.
    — John King & Ben Geldon, CNN, 29 Apr. 2018

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