How to Use manual in a Sentence

manual

1 of 2 adjective
  • She spent the summer doing manual labor on her uncle's farm.
  • He has a collection of old-fashioned manual typewriters.
  • Gone are the manual clamps or twist locks.
    — Robb Rice, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
  • Don’t forget to turn any manual clocks back an hour, too.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For small jobs, use a manual grout removal tool.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What are the best tools for manual weed removal?
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The manual focus ring is quite good.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
  • No manual promo code needs to be typed in to unlock the funds.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Is that what prompted the idea to do even more manual flipping?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The windshield can be raised or lowered via manual knobs on the sides.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
  • One survivor can no longer work her manual labor job.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Wires have cut-off times and may require manual reviews.
    — Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • It’s paired with a four-speed manual gearbox that offers good low-rpm torque.
    — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Some have even taken away the manual handle that a user can pull to open the area.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This task now takes an excessive amount of time and manual work for support staff.
    — Jae Sook Evans, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Users still have full manual control to drag and drop elements of their site.
    — Sarah Whitten,sara Salinas,sarah Jackson,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
  • No waiting in line for manual receipt checks.
    — Chris Nicholas, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The gearbox, meanwhile, is a manual six-speed.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The power plant is mated to a four-speed manual gearbox.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 15 June 2026
  • No more struggling with manual corkscrews, this can pop up to 30 corks on a single charge.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • With a manual camera, open the back and feed the film leader, or tip, into a slot on the spool on the right.
    — ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This process does not require a fully manual review process.
    — Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The manual landing gear controls are hidden in a hatch on the floor of the cockpit.
    — James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • The trash collects in the dumpsters and awaits manual removal.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Start by identifying one area where manual work slows progress.
    — Satish Patel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • Many still rely on manual oversight, rather than high-tech systems.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The goal is to reduce the amount of manual setup that happens before ideas are ready to share.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • But when that fails, the doors need to be opened with a manual door release inside the vehicle to get out.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Use a manual rake to make a crisscross pattern, pushing deeply into the ground to loosen the thatch.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Use a manual rake to make a crisscross pattern, pushing deeply into the ground to loosen the thatch.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025

manual

2 of 2 noun
  • Here's the owner's manual of your new car.
  • Please refer to the training manual if you have any questions about your job.
  • We lost the instruction manual and couldn't put our bikes together.
  • Is your car a manual or an automatic?
  • The computer program comes with a user's manual.
  • The manual says to clean it out every year.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • Here’s just one thing from my boiler manual.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
  • Most of us don’t pore over user manuals or dig into code.
    — Merick T. Lewin, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Again, check your oven manual for advice.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
  • Check whether your bar can be turned in this manner or look in the saw’s owner manual.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2019
  • But some experts don’t think the changes will do much to improve the manual.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Check your tires or owners manual for the best pressure.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • His death matched up with what the hospice manuals described.
    — Amanda Peet, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Safe to say, the name didn't emerge from a best-practices branding manual.
    — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Um, but many of us don't have instruction manuals, right?
    — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The reference manual doesn’t just sit on the shelf.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The trio presented it with a manual on the steps needed to be ready for war.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The manual has also been a hit, at least as the nameplate is concerned.
    — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One way of giving them a boost may be to switch them from a manual to an electric toothbrush.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The hope is no one will have to squint to read an instructional manual.
    — Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The best way to confirm your machine can handle bulk items is to check the manual.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Try finagling these parts out, or read the manual for your model to see if this is an option.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
  • And, many brands now make manuals available for download.
    — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Bonus for the quick tour of my room, which didn’t require a manual to operate.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Check your oven manual for instructions on how to adjust the cook time.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
  • The manual even warns against using it in direct sunlight for too long.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • There’s no manual on how to invent forgeries.
    — JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The clock on the Wrigley Field manual scoreboard is theirs.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
  • And the caveats in the manual don’t match the way the car companies sell these systems in ads.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Be sure to read the manual first to see if your range includes this feature and how to use it safely.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 4 May 2026

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